Claims
- 1. A method of diagnosing liver cancer in a patient, comprising:
(a) detecting the level of expression in a tissue sample of two or more genes from Tables 3-9; wherein differential expression of the genes in Tables 3-9 is indicative of liver cancer.
- 2. A method of detecting the progression of liver cancer in a patient, comprising:
(a) detecting the level of expression in a tissue sample of two or more genes from Tables 3-9; wherein differential expression of the genes in Tables 3-9 is indicative of liver cancer progression.
- 3. A method of monitoring the treatment of a patient with liver cancer, comprising:
(a) administering a pharmaceutical composition to the patient; (b) preparing a gene expression profile from a cell or tissue sample from the patient; and (c) comparing the patient gene expression profile to a gene expression from a cell population selected from the group consisting of normal liver cells, hepatocellular carcinoma and metastatic liver carcinoma.
- 4. A method of treating a patient with liver cancer, comprising:
(a) administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition, wherein the composition alters the expression of at least one gene in Tables 3-9; (b) preparing a gene expression profile from a cell or tissue sample from the patient comprising tumor cells; and (c) comparing the patient expression profile to a gene expression profile selected from the group consisting of normal liver cells, hepatocellular carcinoma and metastatic liver carcinoma
- 5. A method of diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient, comprising:
(a) detecting the level of expression in a tissue sample of two or more genes from Tables 3-9; wherein differential expression of the genes in Tables 3-9 is indicative of hepatocellular carcinoma.
- 6. A method of detecting the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient, comprising:
(a) detecting the level of expression in a tissue sample of two or more genes from Tables 3-9; wherein differential expression of the genes in Tables 3-9 is indicative of hepatocellular carcinoma progression.
- 7. A method of monitoring the treatment of a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma, comprising:
(a) administering a pharmaceutical composition to the patient; (b) preparing a gene expression profile from a cell or tissue sample from the patient; and (c) comparing the patient gene expression profile to a gene expression from a cell population comprising normal liver cells or to a gene expression profile from a cell population comprising hepatocellular carcinoma cells or to both.
- 8. A method of treating a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma, comprising:
(a) administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition, wherein the composition alters the expression of at least one gene in Tables 3-9; (b) preparing a gene expression profile from a cell or tissue sample from the patient comprising hepatocellular carcinoma cells; and (c) comparing the patient expression profile to a gene expression profile from an untreated cell population comprising hepatocellular cells.
- 9. A method of diagnosing a metastatic liver tumor in a patient, comprising:
(a) detecting the level of expression in a tissue sample of two or more genes from Tables 3-9; wherein differential expression of the genes in Tables 3-9 is indicative of metastatic liver cancer.
- 10. A method of detecting the progression of a metastatic liver cancer in a patient, comprising:
(a) detecting the level of expression in a tissue sample of two or more genes from Tables 3-9; wherein differential expression of the genes in Tables 3-9 is indicative of a metastatic liver cancer progression.
- 11. A method of monitoring the treatment of a patient with a metastatic liver cancer, comprising:
(a) administering a pharmaceutical composition to the patient; (b) preparing a gene expression profile from a cell or tissue sample from the patient; and (c) comparing the patient gene expression profile to a gene expression from a cell population comprising normal liver cells or to a gene expression profile from a cell population comprising metastatic liver tumor cells or to both.
- 12. A method of treating a patient with a metastatic liver tumor, comprising:
(a) administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition, wherein the composition alters the expression of at least one gene in Tables 3-9; (b) preparing a gene expression profile from a cell or tissue sample from the patient comprising metastatic liver tumor cells; and (c) comparing the patient expression profile to a gene expression profile from an untreated cell population comprising metastatic liver tumor cells.
- 13. A method of differentiating metastatic liver cancer from hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient, comprising::
(a) detecting the level of expression in a tissue sample of two or more genes from Tables 3-9; wherein differential expression of the genes in Tables 3-9 is indicative of metastatic liver cancer rather than hepatocellular carcinoma.
- 14. A method of screening for an agent capable of modulating the onset or progression of liver cancer, comprising:
(a) preparing a first gene expression profile of a cell population comprising liver cancer cells, wherein the expression profile determines the expression level of one or more genes from Tables 3-9; (b) exposing the cell population to the agent; (c) preparing second gene expression profile of the agent-exposed cell population; and (d) comparing the first and second gene expression profiles.
- 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the liver cancer is a hepatocellular carcinoma.
- 16. The method of claim 14, wherein the liver cancer is a metastatic liver cancer.
- 17. A composition comprising at least two oligonucleotides, wherein each of the oligonucleotides comprises a sequence that specifically hybridizes to a gene in Tables 3-9.
- 18. A composition according to claim 17, wherein the composition comprises at least 3 oligonucleotides.
- 19. A composition according to claim 17, wherein the composition comprises at least 5 oligonucleotides.
- 20. A composition according to claim 17, wherein the composition comprises at least 7 oligonucleotides.
- 21. A composition according to claim 17, wherein the composition comprises at least 10 oligonucleotides.
- 22. A composition according to any one of claims 17-21, wherein the oligonucleotides are attached to a solid support.
- 23. A composition according to claim 22, wherein the solid support is selected from a group consisting of a membrane, a glass support, a filter, a tissue culture dish, a polymeric material, a bead and a silica support.
- 24. A solid support comprising at least two oligonucleotides, wherein each of the oligonucleotides comprises a sequence that specifically hybridizes to a gene in Tables 3-9.
- 25. A solid support according to claim 24, wherein the oligonucleotides are covalently attached to the solid support.
- 26. A solid support according to claim 24, wherein the oligonucleotides are non-covalently attached to the solid support.
- 27. A solid support according to claim 24, wherein the support comprises at least about 10 different oligonucleotides in discrete locations per square centimeter.
- 28. A solid support according to claim 24, wherein the support comprises at least about 100 different oligonucleotides in discrete locations per square centimeter.
- 29. A solid support according to claim 24, wherein the support comprises at least about 1000 different oligonucleotides in discrete locations per square centimeter.
- 30. A solid support according to claim 24, wherein the support comprises at least about 10,000 different oligonucleotides in discrete locations per square centimeter.
- 31. A computer system comprising:
(a) a database containing information identifying the expression level in liver tissue of a set of genes comprising at least two genes in Tables 3-9; and (b) a user interface to view the information.
- 32. A computer system of claim 31, wherein the database further comprises sequence information for the genes.
- 33. A computer system of claim 31, wherein the database further comprises information identifying the expression level for the set of genes in normal liver tissue.
- 34. A computer system of claim 31, wherein the database further comprises information identifying the expression level of the set of genes in liver cancer tissue.
- 35. A computer system of claim 34, wherein the liver cancer tissue comprises hepatocellular carcinoma cells.
- 36. A computer system of claim 34, wherein the liver cancer tissue comprises metastatic liver cancer cells.
- 37. A computer system of any of claims 31-36, further comprising records including descriptive information from an external database, which information correlates said genes to records in the external database.
- 38. A computer system of claim 37, wherein the external database is Genbank.
- 39. A method of using a computer system of any one of claims 31-36 to present information identifying the expression level in a tissue or cell of at least one gene in Tables 3-9, comprising:
(a) comparing the expression level of at least one gene in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 or 3-9 in the tissue or cell to the level of expression of the gene in the database.
- 40. A method of claim 39, wherein the expression level of at least two genes are compared.
- 41. A method of claim 39, wherein the expression level of at least five genes are compared.
- 42. A method of claim 39, wherein the expression level of at least ten genes are compared.
- 43. A method of claim 39, further comprising displaying the level of expression of at least one gene in the tissue or cell sample compared to the expression level in liver cancer.
- 44. A kit comprising at least one solid support of any one of claims 24-30 packaged with gene expression information for said genes.
- 45. A kit of claim 44, wherein the gene expression information comprises gene expression levels in a tissue or cell sample exposed to a nephrotoxin.
- 46. A kit of claim 45, wherein the gene expression information is in an electronic format.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is related to U.S. Provisional Application 60/211,379, filed on Jun. 14, 2000, and U.S. Provisional Application 60/237,054, filed Oct. 2, 2000, which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60211379 |
Jun 2000 |
US |
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60237054 |
Oct 2000 |
US |