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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2013
Htg Molecular Diagnostics, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Hui Wang, San Bruno, CA (US);
Christopher Roberts, Tucson, AZ (US);
Krishna Maddula, Tucson, AZ (US);
Zhenquiang Lu, Tucson, AZ (US);
Tom Vasicek, Minneapolis, MN (US);
B J Kerns, Madison, WI (US);
Bruce E. Seligmann, Tucson, AZ (US);
Dave S. B. Hoon, Los Angeles, CA (US);
HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods for determining whether a melanocyte-containing sample (such as a nevus or other pigmented lesion) is benign or a primary melanoma. These methods can include detecting (at the molecular level, e.g., mRNA, miRNA, or protein) the expression of at least two disclosed genes in a biological sample obtained from a subject. Also provided are arrays and kits that can be used with the methods.