Inventors:
Uddhav Kelavkar - Wexford PA, US
Rajiv Dhir - Mars PA, US
Denise O'Keefe - Wexford PA, US
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education - Pittsburgh PA
International Classification:
C12Q 1/68
Abstract:
The invention provides methods and kits of diagnosing or determining the prognosis of a cancer in a mammal comprising determining the methylation status of the (15)-Lipoxygenase type 1 (15-LO-1) promoter in the mammal's tissue, specifically, the methylation status of the 10th CpG dinucleotide of the 15-LO-1 promoter as defined by nucleotides 727-728 of SEQ ID NO:1 in the tissue sample. The methods can include detecting the methylation status of DNA in a tissue sample, or by measuring the expression level of 15-LO-1 protein or mRNA.