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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2003
Wei Zhang, Houston, TX (US);
Greg Fuller, Houston, TX (US);
Ed Dougherty, College Station, TX (US);
Kenneth Hess, Houston, TX (US);
Wei Zhang, Houston, TX (US);
Greg Fuller, Houston, TX (US);
Ed Dougherty, College Station, TX (US);
Kenneth Hess, Houston, TX (US);
The University of Texas System Board of Regents, Austin, TX (US);
The Texas A & M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a number of gene markers whose expression is altered in various gliomas. In particular, by examining the expression these markers, one can accurately classify a glioma as glioblastoma multiforme (GM), anaplastic astrocytoma (AA), anaplastic oligodendroglioma (AO) or oligodendroglioma (OL). The diagnosis may be performed on nucleic acids, for example, using a DNA microarray, or on protein, for example, using immunologic means. Also disclosed are methods of therapy.