Specimen-linked G protein coupled receptor database
First Claim
1. An information system comprising:
- a tissue microarray having a plurality of samples;
a specimen-linked database containing a plurality of clinical information of each sample and a plurality of information relating to G-protein coupled receptor pathway molecules of each sample; and
an information management system for searching the specimen-linked database and determining relationships between the plurality of clinical information and the plurality of information relating to G-protein coupled receptors pathway biomolecules.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and system for identifying and evaluating the physiological responses of an organism to a condition, such as a disease or other pathological condition, a drug or agent, an environmental condition, and the like, by evaluating the expression of one or more GPCR pathway biomolecules in tissue microarrays from a plurality of patients. In one aspect, a tissue information system is provided comprising a specimen-linked database and an information management system for accessing, organizing, and displaying tissue information obtained from tissue microarrays. Preferably, the system is used to model and validate GPCR pathways affected during one or more physiological responses to a condition.
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126 Claims
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1. An information system comprising:
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a tissue microarray having a plurality of samples;
a specimen-linked database containing a plurality of clinical information of each sample and a plurality of information relating to G-protein coupled receptor pathway molecules of each sample; and
an information management system for searching the specimen-linked database and determining relationships between the plurality of clinical information and the plurality of information relating to G-protein coupled receptors pathway biomolecules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An information system comprising:
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a tissue microarray having a plurality of samples;
a specimen-linked database containing a plurality of clinical information of each sample and a plurality of information relating to G-protein coupled receptor pathway molecules of each sample;
an information management system for searching the specimen-linked database and determining relationships between the plurality of clinical information and the plurality of information relating to G-protein coupled receptors pathway biomolecules; and
a user device connected to a network. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An information system comprising:
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at least one tissue microarray wherein the at least one tissue micro array includes a plurality of sublocations wherein each sublocation comprises a sample;
a specimen-linked database containing a plurality of clinical information of each sample and a plurality of information relating to G-protein coupled receptor pathway molecules of each sample; and
an information management system for searching the specimen-linked database and determining relationships between the plurality of clinical information and the plurality of information relating to G-protein coupled receptors pathway biomolecules. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. An information system comprising:
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an at least one tissue microarray wherein the at least one tissue microarray comprises a plurality of sublocations wherein each sublocation comprises a sample;
a specimen-linked database containing a plurality of clinical information of each sample and a plurality of information relating to G-protein coupled receptor pathway molecules of each sample;
an information management system for searching the specimen-linked database and for determining relationships between the plurality of clinical information and the plurality of information relating to G-protein coupled receptors pathway biomolecules; and
a user device connected to a network. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. A method of relating a plurality of information comprising:
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creating a tissue microarray wherein the tissue microarray includes a plurality of sublocations and a plurality of samples wherein each sublocation includes a sample;
identifying the tissue microarray with an identifier and identifying each sublocation with a set of coordinates;
treating each of the plurality of samples with a molecular probe;
entering a plurality of clinical information relating to each sample into a specimen-linked database and entering a plurality of information relating to at least one G-protein coupled receptor pathway biomolecule of each sample into the specimen-linked database; and
correlating the identifier of the tissue microarray and the coordinates of a sublocation with the plurality of clinical information and the plurality of information relating to at least one G-protein coupled receptor pathway biomolecule of the sublocation using an information management system. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107)
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108. A method of relating a plurality of information comprising:
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creating a tissue microarray wherein the tissue microarray includes a plurality of sublocations and a plurality of samples wherein each sublocation includes a sample;
entering a plurality of clinical information relating to each sample into a specimen-linked database and entering a plurality of information relating to at least one G-protein coupled receptor pathway biomolecule of each sample into the specimen-linked database;
correlating the identifier of the tissue microarray and the coordinates of a sublocation with the plurality of clinical information and the plurality of information relating to at least one G-protein coupled receptor pathway biomolecule of the sublocation using an information management system; and
searching the specimen-linked database with the information management system and displaying a plurality of search results on an interface of a user device. - View Dependent Claims (109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126)
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