2 results about "Cpg island methylation" patented technology

The application belongs to the technical field of fluorescent quantitative PCR, and provides an enzyme digestion-fluorescent quantitative PCR detection method. The method comprises the following steps: step one, configuring a reaction mixture, wherein the reaction mixture comprises amplification reagents, a restriction endonuclease, Taq DNA polymerase, UDG enzyme, primers and a probe; and step two, setting a reaction program and a reaction system. Non-target templates in a qPCR reaction system are degraded by enzyme digestion of a restriction endonuclease, thereby reducing non-specific amplification; the proportion of target templates is increased, thereby avoiding the interference of non-target templates and improving detection sensitivity and detection stability. In particular, the method can effectively detect high GC content templates, such as TERT gene promoters or CpG island methylation.

There are currently no screening tests in routine use for oral and pharyngeal cancer beyond visual inspection and palpation. Described is an improve method of detecting oral and pharyngeal cancer with a saliva sample from a subject. The method includes identifying the presence or absence of a methylation classifier in the saliva the sample. The methylation classifier is determined by the methylation status of a panel of CpG islands in the sample. In an embodiment, the methylation classifier is determined by the methylation status of between 15 and 25 CpG islands, or alternatively, 22 CpG islands. The presence of the methylation classifier indicates a diagnosis of cancer in the subject. In an embodiment, the presence of the methylation classifier is determined with a bisulfite method of determining methylation status of the CpG islands.