Treatments and markers for cancers of the central nervous system
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1. A method for detecting high grade glioma in a subject suspected of having high grade glioma comprising detecting the presence of a TAX-1 protein or polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid of SEQ ID NO:
- 5 in a glioma sample from said subject;
thereby detecting high grade glioma in said subject.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to novel cancer markers and compositions and methods for cancer therapies. For example, the present invention provides compositions and methods for the detection of gene expression of particular marker genes as indicative of cancers, while control of said gene expression provides for intervention in cancer therapies and, in particular, glioma therapies.
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1. A method for detecting high grade glioma in a subject suspected of having high grade glioma comprising detecting the presence of a TAX-1 protein or polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid of SEQ ID NO:
- 5 in a glioma sample from said subject;
thereby detecting high grade glioma in said subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- 5 in a glioma sample from said subject;
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6. A method for detecting high grade glioma in a subject suspected of having high grade glioma comprising exposing a glioma sample from said subject to a TAX-1 specific antibody, wherein the binding of said antibody to a TAX-1 protein encoded by the nucleic acid of SEQ ID NO:
- 5 in said glioma sample is indicative of said subject having high grade glioma.
- View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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