Patents by Inventor Mariko Esumi

Mariko Esumi 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).

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma-Associated Gene
    Publication number: 20110086342
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for evaluating cancer, which comprises the following steps of: (a) collecting total RNA from an analyte; (b) measuring the expression level of at least one gene selected from among the genes shown in Tables 1 to 8; and (c) evaluating cancer using the measurement result as an indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicants: Nihon University, Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mariko Esumi, Tadatoshi Takayama, Keiko Takagi
  • Gene involved in occurrence/recurrence of hcv-positive hepatocelluar carcinoma
    Publication number: 20090215641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for screening a gene involved in early recurrence of HCV-positive hepatocellular carcinoma associated with chronic hepatitis, comprising: determining an expression level of a gene in a noncancerous site from each of early and late recurrent cases of HCV-positive hepatocellular carcinoma associated with chronic hepatitis; and selecting a gene whose expression is increased in the early recurrent case compared with that in the late recurrent case. The present invention can provide a gene involved in recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Nihon University
    Inventors: Mariko Esumi, Tadatoshi Takayama, Keiko Takagi, Hideyo Yasuda