Patents by Inventor Kun-Chih Kelvin Tsai

Kun-Chih Kelvin Tsai has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160090638
    Abstract: This disclosure includes the identification of molecular markers, including ASPM, ATP9A, ACOX3, CD-C45L, SLC40A1, AGR2, and those found in TABLE 2, that are associated with the differentiation and the clinical prognosis of pancreatic cancer. More specifically, the disclosure includes the identification of sets of gene markers whose expression levels can be used to distinguish pancreatic cancers with higher degrees of differentiation from those with lower degrees of differentiation. These markers can be used to predict clinical prognosis of pancreatic cancer, including disease progression, recurrence or death of the hosts. The disclosure also provides methods of treating glandular cancers and kits for assaying glandular cancers, such as pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer, by inhibiting the expression of ASPM or its ability to activate or maintain the Wnt signaling activity and/or the cancer stem cell populations of said glandular cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES
    Inventors: Kun-Chih Kelvin TSAI, Chi-Rong LI, Chung-Chi HSU
  • Publication number: 20150191793
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for predicting clinical prognosis for a human subject diagnosed with prostate cancer, comprising: detecting an expression level of a marker gene selected from a group consisting of ABCG1, PDCD4, KLF6, ST6, BTD, BANF1, IRS1, ZNF185, ANXA11, DUSP2, KLF4 and DSC2, in a biological sample containing prostate cancer cells obtained from the human subject; and predicting a likehood of the clinical prognosis by comparing the expression level of the marker gene with a reference level. The present application also provides a combination of molecular markers and a kit containing thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Kun-Chih Kelvin TSAI, Chi-Rong LI, Jiun-Ming Jimmy SU
  • Patent number: 8257928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant tumors that were treatment resistant. The present invention provides methods of prognosis and diagnosis of multidrug resistant tumors through detection of the expression levels of nuclear co-repressor 2 (“N-CoR2”), histone deacetylases 3 (“HDAC3”), and their associated gene expression biomarkers. The present invention also provides methods of sensitizing tumors to anti-tumor therapeutics by disrupting HDAC3 activation, abrogating the N-CoR2-HDAC3 interaction, inhibiting the activity of either protein, or by downregulating the expression of either protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Valerie M. Weaver, Kun-Chih Kelvin Tsai
  • Publication number: 20120071341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant tumors that were treatment resistant. The present invention provides methods of prognosis and diagnosis of multidrug resistant tumors through detection of the expression levels of nuclear co-repressor 2 (“N-CoR2”), histone deacetylases 3 (“HDAC3”), and their associated gene expression biomarkers. The present invention also provides methods of sensitizing tumors to anti-tumor therapeutics by disrupting HDAC3 activation, abrogating the N-CoR2-HDAC3 interaction, inhibiting the activity of either protein, or by downregulating the expression of either protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Valerie M. WEAVER, Kun-Chih Kelvin Tsai
  • Patent number: 8093000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant tumors that were treatment resistant. The present invention provides methods of prognosis and diagnosis of multidrug resistant tumors through detection of the expression levels of nuclear co-repressor 2 (“N-CoR2”), histone deacetylases 3 (“HDAC3”), and their associated gene expression biomarkers. The present invention also provides methods of sensitizing tumors to anti-tumor therapeutics by disrupting HDAC3 activation, abrogating the N-CoR2-HDAC3 interaction, inhibiting the activity of either protein, or by down-regulating the expression of either protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Valerie M. Weaver, Kun-Chih Kelvin Tsai
  • Publication number: 20100048414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant tumors that were treatment resistant. The present invention provides methods of prognosis and diagnosis of multidrug resistant tumors through detection of the expression levels of nuclear co-repressor 2 (“N-CoR2”), histone deacetylases 3 (“HDAC3”), and their associated gene expression biomarkers. The present invention also provides methods of sensitizing tumors to anti-tumor therapeutics by disrupting HDAC3 activation, abrogating the N-CoR2-HDAC3 interaction, inhibiting the activity of either protein, or by down-regulating the expression of either protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Valerie M. Weaver, Kun-Chih Kelvin Tsai