Patent ID: 7795211
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07K,C12N,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of detecting the presence of one or more of ovarian cancer, prostate cancer or kidney cancer in a subject, comprising: obtaining a ovarian, prostate, or kidney tumor sample from said subject and a corresponding ovarian, prostate, or kidney tissue control sample from a normal tissue obtained from a healthy individual; detecting a mRNA encoding hepsin protein variant consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 195 in said subject sample and in said control sample; and comparing a level of the subject sample mRNA with a level of corresponding mRNA in the control sample, wherein a higher level of said mRNA in said subject sample as compared to said control sample indicates presence of one or more of ovarian cancer, prostate cancer or kidney cancer in said subject.