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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2009
John D. Shaughnessy, Jr., Roland, AR (US);
Bart Barlogie, Little Rock, AR (US);
Fenghuang Zhan, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
John D. Shaughnessy, Jr., Roland, AR (US);
Bart Barlogie, Little Rock, AR (US);
Fenghuang Zhan, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Other;
Abstract
Gene expression profiling is a powerful tool that has varied utility. It enables classification of multiple myeloma into subtypes and identifying genes directly involved in disease pathogenesis and clinical manifestation. The present invention used gene expression profiling in large uniformly treated population of patients with myeloma to identify genes associated with poor prognosis. It also demonstrated that over-expression of CKS1B gene, mainly due to gene amplification that was determined by Fluorescent in-situ hybridization to impart a poor prognosis in multiple myleoma. It is further contemplated that therapeutic strategies that directly target CKS1B or related pathways may represent novel, and more specific means of treating high risk myeloma and may prevent its secondary evolution.