Claims
- 1. A method to determine the presence of non-normal or abnormal breast cells in a sample from a human subject comprising assaying said sample for increased expression of one or more human CRIP1 or HN1 sequences.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said assaying is for increased expression of human CRIP1 sequences.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein said assaying is for increased expression of human HN1 sequences.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein said sample is from a subject afflicted with, or suspected of having, breast cancer.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein said sample is obtained by solid tissue biopsy or a non-invasive procedure.
- 6. The method of claim 5 wherein said non-invasive procedure is selected from ductal lavage, fine needle aspiration, or a needle biopsy.
- 7. The method of claim 5 wherein microdissection is used to isolate breast cells from said sample before assaying for nucleic acid expression.
- 8. The method of claim 1 wherein said assaying is by hybridization to a polynucleotide comprising sequences of at least 24 nucleotides from the 3′ untranslated region, the coding region, or the 5′ untranslated region, of human CRIP1.
- 9. The method of claim 1 wherein said assaying is by hybridization to a polynucleotide comprising sequences of at least 24 nucleotides from the 3′ untranslated region, the coding region, or the 5′ untranslated region, of human HN1.
- 10. The method of claim 1 wherein said assaying is by PCR amplification of said sequences.
- 11. The method of claim 10 wherein said PCR is quantitative PCR.
- 12. The method of claim 1 wherein said non-normal cells are ADH, DCIS, or IDC cells.
- 13. A method to determine the presence of non-normal or abnormal breast cells in a sample from a human subject comprising assaying said sample for decreased expression of human ESE-2/ELF5 sequences.
- 14. The method of claim 13 wherein said sample is from a subject afflicted with, or suspected of having, breast cancer.
- 15. The method of claim 13 wherein said sample is obtained by solid tissue biopsy or a non-invasive procedure.
- 16. The method of claim 15 wherein said non-invasive procedure is selected from ductal lavage, fine needle aspiration, or a needle biopsy.
- 17. The method of claim 16 wherein microdissection is used to isolate breast cells from said sample before assaying for nucleic acid expression.
- 18. The method of claim 17 wherein said assaying is by hybridization to a polynucleotide comprising sequences of at least 24 nucleotides from the 3′ untranslated region, the coding region, or the 5′ untranslated region, of human ESE-2/ELF5.
- 19. The method of claim 13 wherein said assaying is by PCR amplification of said ESE-2/ELF5 sequence.
- 20. The method of claim 19 wherein said assaying is by quantitative PCR.
- 21. The method of claim 13 wherein said assaying is for inactivation or methylation of ESE-2/ELF5 sequences.
- 22. The method of claim 13 wherein said assaying comprises detection of increased mRNA degradation.
- 23. The method of claim 13 wherein said non-normal cells are ADH, DCIS, or IDC cells.
- 24. A polynucleotide comprising
a segment consisting of a fragment of an HN I sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS: 29-83 of between 24 and 500 nucleotides and one or more non-HN1 nucleic acid molecules.
- 25. A polynucleotide consisting of a fragment of an HN1 sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS: 29-83 of between 24 and 500 nucleotides.
- 26. A population of singled stranded nucleic acid molecules comprising one or both strands of a human CRIP1 or HN1 sequence wherein at least a portion of said population is hybridized to one or both strands of a nucleic acid molecule quantitatively amplified from RNA of a non-normal or abnormal breast cell.
- 27. The population of claim 26 wherein the population is immobilized on a solid support.
- 28. The population of claim 27 wherein said solid support is a microarray.
- 29. The population of claim 26 wherein said nucleic acid molecules amplified from a non-normal or abnormal breast cell are amplified by quantitative real time PCR (RT-PCR).
- 30. The population of claim 29 wherein said quantitative RT-PCR is of amplified RNA of said breast cancer cell.
- 31. The population of claim 26 wherein said population of single stranded molecules is equal to or in excess of all of one or both strands of the nucleic acid molecules amplified from a non-normal or abnormal breast cell such that the population is sufficient to hybridize to all of one or both strands.
- 32. The population of claim 26 wherein said population of single stranded molecules comprising sequences of at least 24 nucleotides from the 3′ untranslated region, the coding region, or the 5′ untranslated region, of human CRIP1.
- 33. The population of claim 26 wherein said population of single stranded molecules comprising sequences of at least 24 nucleotides from the 3′ untranslated region, the coding region, or the 5′ untranslated region, of human HN1.
- 34. The population of claim 26 wherein said non-normal cells are ADH, DCIS, or IDC cells.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent applications Ser. Nos. 10/028,018, filed Dec. 21, 2001, and 10/211,015, filed Aug. 1, 2002, which are hereby incorporated in their entireties as if fully set forth.
Continuation in Parts (2)
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10028018 |
Dec 2001 |
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10282596 |
Oct 2002 |
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10211015 |
Aug 2002 |
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10282596 |
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