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US 12,385,095 B2Granted
Detection of a tumor in a urinary organ
AssigneesTaipei Medical University, Academia Sinica
InventorsYueh-Lin Wu, Hsi-Hsien Chen, Heng Lin, Ji-Yen Cheng, Pei-Kuen Wei
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to detection of a tumor in a urinary organ using microRNA(s). MiR-200c-5p, miR-214-3p, miR-21-5p, miR-21-3p, miR-210-3p and/or miR-200b-3p can be used as biomarkers of tumors in a urinary organ to detect a tumor in or predict a prognosis of a tumor in a urinary organ.
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A method for measuring the expression level of micro RNA (miRNA), comprising a) taking a urine sample from a subject;
- b) measuring the expression level of miR-214-3p in the urine sample taken from the subject;
- and c) measuring the expression level of miRNAs comprising miR-21-5p and miR-21-3p in the urine sample taken from the subject.
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