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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Hideki Takata, Kobe, JP;
Takayuki Takahata, Kobe, JP;
Kazuki Nakabayashi, Kobe, JP;
Kayo Shoji, Kobe, JP;
Yasuhiro Otomo, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Hideki Takata, Kobe, JP;
Takayuki Takahata, Kobe, JP;
Kazuki Nakabayashi, Kobe, JP;
Kayo Shoji, Kobe, JP;
Yasuhiro Otomo, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Sysmex Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel marker capable of accurately diagnosing the lymph node metastasis of stomach cancer. An mRNA, or a fragment thereof, coding for at least one protein selected from TFF1, AGR2, PRSS8, MUC1, MUC4 and MUC17 can be useful as a lymph node metastasis marker.