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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Andrew T. Parsa, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lewis L. Lanier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Courtney Crane, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew T. Parsa, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lewis L. Lanier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Courtney Crane, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/574 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/57492 (2013.01); G01N 33/57407 (2013.01); G01N 33/57415 (2013.01); G01N 33/57434 (2013.01); G01N 33/57438 (2013.01); G01N 2800/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed toward measurement of expression of one or both of an activating Natural Killer (NK) cell receptor and its ligand(s) on peripheral blood cells as a means to assess solid tumor burden. In particular, the present disclosure provides tools for assessing cancer recurrence or risk thereof following reduction of a solid tumor, and for developing a treatment regime for a cancer patient.