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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2005
Applicants:
Ronald Levy, Stanford, CA (US);
Wen-kai Weng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ronald Levy, Stanford, CA (US);
Wen-Kai Weng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); A61K 39/395 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/118 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/172 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and compositions are provided for determining whether a subject suffering from a neoplastic condition is responsive to an antineoplastic therapy, such as antibody therapy, e.g., Rituximab. In practicing the subject methods, the subject is genotyped to determine whether the subject has a least one favorable FcγR polymorphism, e.g., the 131 H/H genotype or the 158 V/V genotype. In addition, reagents, devices and kits thereof, that find use in practicing the subject methods are provided.