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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Stephen B. Baylin, Baltimore, MD (US);
James Herman, Baltimore, MD (US);
Hiromu Suzuki, Sapporo, JP;
David Sidransky, Baltimore, MD (US);
Stephen B. Baylin, Baltimore, MD (US);
James Herman, Baltimore, MD (US);
Hiromu Suzuki, Sapporo, JP;
David Sidransky, Baltimore, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A method of identifying epigenetically silenced genes, e.g., methylation silenced genes, in cancer cells is provided. In addition, methods of identifying a cancer by detecting epigenetic silencing of gene expression are provided, as are methods of treating a subject having such a cancer, for example, a colorectal cancer and/or gastric cancer. Reagents for practicing such methods also are provided.