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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Vaclav Vetvicka, Louisville, KY (US);
Martin Fusek, Tursko, CZ;
Jarmila Zidkova, Prague, CZ;
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01); G01N 33/564 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/574 (2013.01); G01N 33/564 (2013.01); G01N 2333/96416 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for diagnosing a cancer in a subject are provided that include determining an amount of autoantibodies immunoreactive to procathepsin D (pCD) in a sample obtained from the subject. Further provided are systems for diagnosing a cancer in a subject that include an autoantibody immunoreactive pCD antigen and a means for detecting binding of an autoantibody to the antigen.