32 results about "Quantitative Real Time PCR" patented technology

Drug-naive and drug-free schizophrenic PBL were screened to identify additional markers that are differentially expressed compared to healthy individuals using microarray and quantitative real-time PCR (QRT-PCR) techniques. Genes for dopamine D₂ receptor (DRD2) and inwardly rectifying potassium channel (Kir2.3) were found to be overexpressed in microarray analysis. Increased mRNA levels were confirmed by QRT-PCR using SybrGreen method and dual labeled TaqMan probes.

The invention relates to a method for diagnosing schizophrenia in a subject comprising assessing the level or the expression level of at least one of the following genes or proteins: Kir2.3 or DRD2 or a gene encoding Kir2.3 or DRD2. The invention further relates to agents and uses thereof, said agents specifically binding to said proteins or nucleic acids encoding them, diagnostic kits and screening methods.

Use of both molecular markers allow prediction of schizophrenia and help to follow efficiency of drugs in therapy in order to provide a more tailored medication for schizophrenic patients.

The present invention provides methods, compositions, and kits for detecting and quantitating perchlorate-reducing bacteria in samples using reagents that hybridize to and allow amplification of the pcrA gene. The invention includes a quantitative real-time PCR assay for amplification of the pcrA gene which may be used to detect and quantitate perchlorate-reducing bacteria in samples.

Ligation-enhanced nucleic acid detection assay embodiments for detection of RNA or DNA are described. The assay embodiments rely on ligation of chimeric oligonucleotide probes to generate a template for amplification and detection. The assay embodiments are substantially independent of the fidelity of a polymerase for copying compromised nucleic acid. Very little background amplification is observed and as few as 1000 copies of target nucleic acid can be detected. Method embodiments are particularly adept for detection of RNA from compromised samples such as formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded samples. Heavily degraded and cross-linked nucleic acids of compromised samples, in which classic quantitative real time PCR assays typically fail to adequately amplify signal, can be reliably detected and quantified.

The invention discloses a quantitative detection method for micro RNA (Ribose Nucleic Acid), and the method comprises the following steps of: (1) extracting total RNA of a sample; (2) treating the total RNA by poly A polymerase, and adding a section of poly A tail at a 3' end of the mi RNA; (3) carrying out inverse transcription for oligo (dT) inverse transcription primer with joint sequence at a5' end, and adding a section of joint at the obtained first-chain c DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid); and (4) enabling sequence specificity of the mi RNA to be tested and general reverse primer complementary with the joint sequence to carry out quantitative real-time PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) amplification, wherein the general reverse primer is mixture of two types of reverse primers with different length. By means of the method disclosed by the invention, quantitative detection and analysis for mi RNA expression can be achieved, and the specificity, sensitivity and repeatability of the existing detection method can be greatly improved.

A number of selected genes/gene products; Application of selected genes/gene products at mRNA or protein levels either singly or in combination; Application of selected genes/gene products at mRNA levels by any of the methods such as: Northern blotting, or reverse transcription and conventional PCR, or reverse transcription and quantitative real-time PCR or gene expression micro-arrays; Application of selected genes/gene products at protein levels by either Western Blotting, or immunohistochemistry, or ELISA or functional assays or gel electrophoretic separation followed by spectroscopic identification (proteamics); Application of selected genes/gene products at peptide levels derived from proteins and spectroscopic methods of identification; Detection of a hyperproliferative condition, a precancerous condition, a predisposition to develop hyperproliferative condition or cancer by applying any one of the selected genes either singly or in combination in breast tissue, breast fluid, breast cells, blood or any other tissues or cells of a mammal; Application of selected genes either singly or in combination with others for designing molecular therapeutic drugs to treat a hyperproliferative condition, a precancerous condition, or predisposition to develop hyperproliferative condition or cancer of the breast or any other tissue of a mammal; Application of selected genes either singly or in combination with others for following up of a therapeutic treatment to a hyperproliferative condition, or precancerous condition, or predisposition to a hyperproliferative condition, or cancer, of the breast or any other tissue of a mammal; Application of selected genes either singly or in combination with others for screening of therapeutic drugs to a hyperproliferative condition, or precancerous condition, or predisposition to a hyperproliferative condition, or cancer, of the breast or any other tissue of a mammal; and Application of selected genes either singly or in combination with others for designing vaccines to prevent a hyperproliferative condition, or precancerous condition, or predisposition to a hyperproliferative condition, or cancer, of the breast or any other tissue of a mammal.

The present invention relates to a method for detection, differentiation and quantification of T cell populations, comprising the following steps a) contacting a first aliquot of a body fluid of an individual with at least one antigen, wherein the body fluid contains antigen presenting cells (APC) and T cells, b) incubating the first aliquot with at least one antigen for a certain period of time, c) detection and differentiation of the T cell population by detecting in the first aliquot and in a second aliquot of the body fluid of the individual, which has not been incubated with the at least one antigen, at least a first marker of the APC induced by T cells in a specific T cell population using reverse transcription quantitative real time-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), and d) detection and quantification of the T cell population by determining the ratio of the detected marker of the APC of the first aliquot to the second aliquot as well as a kit for performing the method.

The invention discloses a selection method of reference genes in quantitative real-time PCR analysis of jerusalem artichoke, and relates to the field of quantitative PCR. The method comprises the following steps: taking different tissues (radicles, immature stems, leaves, stem blocks and petals) of the jerusalem artichoke as materials, and carrying out expression analysis of the reference genes of18S ribosomal RNA gene (18S rRNA), transcription elongation factor gene (Ef-1a), actin gene (Actin and beta-actin), 3-glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), 25S ribosomal RNA gene (25S rRNA)and poly-ubiquitin enzyme gene (UBQ)7 by using a q PCR technology; carrying out statistical assessment on the obtained data and analyzing expression change of all housekeeping genes by utilizing GeNorm and NormFinder software, so as to screen out relatively-stable genes as the reference genes of the jerusalem artichoke, which are used for studying the gene dosage changes of the jerusalem artichoke.

The invention belongs to the field of animal breeding and cell biology, and particularly relates to a method for function verification of Nanos2 in differentiation of chicken ESCs into male germ cells, and the method includes detection of the expression level of the Nanos2 in different chicken tissues, Nanos2 clone and construction of pcDNA3.0-Nanos2 vector, Nanos2 knockout vector construction andknockout activity verification, in-vitro Nanos2 function verification, in-vivo Nanos2 function verification, Quantitative Real Time PCR (quantitative RT-PCR) verification, cell morphology observationand cellular immunochemical detection, flow cell analysis, paraffin section and PAS staining. Compared with the prior art, the function verification of the Nanos2 can be accomplished relatively quickly at the chicken germ cell level. The method is simple and easy to perform, has high repeatability and can be performed in an ordinary laboratory. The method greatly enhances the efficiency of in-vitro induction differentiation of the chicken ESCs into the male germ cells. The method greatly improves the efficiency of in-vivo induction generation of chicken PGCs and SSCs.

There is provided a method for providing information for diagnosing cancer using Real-Time RT-PCR, and a kit for diagnosing cancer for the method.

The invention provides highly sensitive, specific and efficient quantitative real-time PCR compositions, methods and assay kits to detect at least one IFN subtype and/or IFN subtype allotypic variants. Primer/probe sets complementary to the coding sequence of an IFN subtype of interest avoid spurious detection of degraded mRNA and enhances the correlation between the IFN subtype that is measured by the assays of the invention and the protein that is actually expressed. The invention also provides methods for designing primers and methods of using the compositions and assay kits. The compositions, kits, and methods of the invention may be used, for example, to monitor vaccine efficacy, autoimmune disease, chronic infections, or tumor therapy.

β-cell loss in In Type 1 diabetes is typically undetected until the development of hyperglycemia, at which point β-cell mass is significantly reduced. Methylation sensitive quantitative real time PCR (qRTPCR) of demethylated circulating free β-cell specific DNA can be used as a biomarker of β-cell death. Such DNA includes insulin gene and amylin gene DNA. Detection may be by determination of a gene demethylation index. Methylated and demethylated DNA may be distinguished by bisulfite treatment and use of specific PCR primers or probes to detect the different bisulfite treatment products. Detection of demethylated circulating free amylin DNA is useful in identifying β-cell death. The amylin DNA may be used in conjunction with other β-cell specific genes, such as insulin, to provide a multi-gene approach towards the detection of β-cell loss.

The invention disclosed relates to a PCR primer pair for amplication of chaperonin-60 (cpn60) targets having high G+C content and to a PCR primer “cocktail” to improve the representation of diverse sequences in chaperonin-60 based PCR product libraries derived from complex templates. In previous cpn60-based and 16S rDNA-based studies of mammalian intestinal microbiota, it has been observed that some classes of organisms such as the Actinobacteria, which are known through culture-based studies to be present in large numbers in these environments, are underrepresented or even absent from PCR product libraries. Using library sequence data and reference cpn60 sequence data from cpnDB, the chaperonin sequence database, we designed a pair of PCR primers which can be used alone for higher G+C content targets and, when used in combination with a previously developed degenerate, universal cpn60 primer pair, improve the representation of complex templates with high G+C content. We have validated these primers using a combination of traditional and quantitative real-time PCR on both artificially constructed complex templates and biological samples. The development and optimization of this primer cocktail represents a significant advance in our ability to generate cpn60 PCR product libraries which more closely represent the biodiversity in complex microbial communities.

The invention provides a kit and a method for detecting BHV-2 (bovine herpes virus 2) and particularly discloses a high-sensitivity BHV-2 quantitative real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) detection method and a kit. The kit comprises a primer group and a fluorescent probe for detecting the BHV-2; the primer group comprises four primers for nested amplification of specific DNA fragments of the BHV-2. With the adoption of the detection method, nested amplification and quantitative real-time PCR can be completed in one tube through one-step amplification by the aid of the four primers and the fluorescent probe. With the adoption of the BHV-2 quantitative real-time PCR detection method and the kit with high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy, quick detection of the BHV-2 can be realized, the kit is very convenient to apply, and on the basis of the advantages, the kit is suitable to be popularized and applied in livestock breeding units, animal inspection and quarantine departments and the like and has wide application prospect.

In vitro diagnosis/prognosis method and kit, for assessment of tolerance in liver transplantation. The present invention refers to the study of peripheral blood transcriptional patterns from 80 liver transplant recipients and 16 non-transplanted healthy individuals employing either oligonucleotide microarrays and/or quantitative real-time PCR to design a clinically applicable molecular test. This has resulted in the discovery and validation of several gene signatures comprising a modest number of genes capable of identifying tolerant and non-tolerant recipients with high accuracy. The marker genes are KLRF1, SLAMF7, NKG7, IL2RB, KLRB1, FANCG, GNPTAB, CLIC3, PSMD14, ALG8, CX3CR1, RGS 3. Multiple peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets contribute to the tolerance-associated transcriptional patterns with NK and γdelta T cells exerting a predominant influence. The invention concludes that transcriptional profiling of peripheral blood can be employed to identify liver transplant recipients who can discontinue immunosuppressive therapy and that innate immune cells are likely to play a major role in the maintenance of operational tolerance in liver transplantation.

The present invention provides methods and kits that may be used to detect and quantify the presence of Coccidioides species. The methods include quantification real-time PCR assays, and the kits and compositions include oligonucleotides used as primers and probes.

The present technology provides methods and kits that may be used to detect and quantify the presence of Coccidioides species. The methods include quantification real-time PCR assays, and the kits and compositions include oligonucleotides used as primers and probes.

The invention discloses a siRNA capable of inhibiting the expression of an HSP90 gene in breast cancer cells. The siRNA is constructed by synthesizing interference sequences directed at the human Hsp90alpha gene and designed by siRNA design software after cell culture of breast cancer cells. The invention also provides a method for constructing the siRNA. The method comprises the following steps:subjecting the MDA-MB-231 cell line of human breast cancer cells to cell culture; designing five pairs of interference sequences directed at the human Hsp90alpha gene by using an siRNA designing tool,and carrying out synthesizing; detecting the expression of the Hsp90alpha gene in the breast cancer cells through the fluorescence quantitative real-time PCR technology; and transfecting the breast cancer cells with the designed siRNA, and carrying out a western-blot test so as to detect the expression situation of a Hsp90 gene protein. According to the invention, after MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells are transfected by the siRNA constructed by using the method provided by the invention, the mRNA expression level and protein expression level of the MDA-MB-231 cells are significantly decreased,so the siRNA can effectively inhibit the expression of the Hsp90alpha gene in the MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells, and has certain scientific values and clinical values for treatment of breast cancer.

The invention provides a method of determining T cell function in a subject in need of immunotherapy comprising:

• • i) providing a blood sample comprising a population of T cells from the subject;
  • ii) activating the T cells in the sample; and
  • iii) assaying an expression level of one or more T cell activation markers using quantitative real time PCR (qPCR) after activating the T cells in the sample.