Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Directing treatments for glioblastoma based on identifying a somatic structural rearrangement upstream from TERT gene
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Application No.: US16979422Application Date: 2019-03-08
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Publication No.: US11697845B2Publication Date: 2023-07-11
- Inventor: Hai Yan , Bill H. Diplas
- Applicant: Duke University
- Applicant Address: US NC Durham
- Assignee: Duke University
- Current Assignee: Duke University
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Durham
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- International Application: PCT/US2019/021356 2019.03.08
- International Announcement: WO2019/173717A 2019.09.12
- Date entered country: 2020-09-09
- Main IPC: C12Q1/68
- IPC: C12Q1/68 ; C12Q1/686 ; C12Q1/6841 ; C12Q1/6881 ; C12Q1/6886

Abstract:
The majority of glioblastomas can be classified into molecular subgroups based on mutations in the TERT promoter (TERTp) and isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 or 2 (IDH). These molecular subgroups utilize distinct genetic mechanisms of telomere maintenance, either TERTp mutation leading to telomerase activation or ATRX-mutation leading to an alternative lengthening of telomeres phenotype (ALT). However, about 20% of glioblastomas lack alterations in TERTp and IDH. These tumors, designated TERTpWT-IDHWT glioblastomas, did not have well-established genetic biomarkers or defined mechanisms of telomere maintenance. The genetic landscape of TERTpWT-IDHWT glioblastoma includes tumors that have chromosomal rearrangements upstream of TERT. These rearrangements define a novel molecular subgroup of glioblastoma, that is a telomerase-positive subgroup driven by TERT-structural rearrangements (IDHWT-TERTSV).
Public/Granted literature
- US20210002702A1 Directing Treatments For Glioblastoma Public/Granted day:2021-01-07
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