The present invention relates to PG1, a gene associated with prostate cancer. The invention provides polynucleotides including biallelic markers derived from PG1 and from flanking genomic regions. Primers hybridizing to these biallelic markers and regions flanking are also provided. This invention provides polynucleotides and methods suitable for genotyping a nucleic acid containing sample for one or more biallelic markers of the invention. Further, the invention provides methods to detect a statistical correlation between a biallelic marker allele and prostate cancer and between a haplotype and prostate cancer. The invention also relates to diagnostic methods of determining whether an individual is at risk for developing prostate cancer, and whether an individual suffers from prostate cancer as a result of a mutation in the PGl gene.
本发明涉及与前列腺癌有关的
基因 PG1。本发明提供的多核苷酸包括来自
PG1 和侧翼
基因组区域的双拷贝标记。本发明还提供了与这些双拷贝标记和侧翼区域杂交的引物。本发明提供了适用于对含有本发明一个或多个双拷贝标记的核酸样本进行
基因分型的多核苷酸和方法。此外,本发明还提供了检测双等位
基因标记等位
基因与前列腺癌之间以及单倍型与前列腺癌之间统计相关性的方法。本发明还涉及确定个体是否有罹患前列腺癌的风险以及个体是否因
PGl
基因突变而罹患前列腺癌的诊断方法。