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a) detecting methylation silencing of a GATA-5 gene in a test cell of the sample, wherein the test cell is an esophageal cell or a lung cell; and\n
b) categorizing the test cell as an esophageal cancer or a lung cancer, wherein an increase in methylation silencing of GATA-5 gene in the test cell as compared to a normal esophageal cell or lung cell is indicative of cancer, thereby detecting lung or esophageal cancer."],"number":1,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 1, wherein detecting methylation silencing comprises contacting a 5′ regulatory region of the nucleic acid molecule comprising the gene of the test cell with a chemical reagent that selectively modifies either an unmethylated cytosine residue or a methylated cytosine residue, and detecting a product generated due to said contacting, wherein the product is indicative of methylation of a cytosine residue in a CpG dinucleotide of the gene, thereby detecting methylation silencing of the gene of the test cell."],"number":2,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 2, wherein the chemical reagent comprises bisulfite ions, whereby unmethylated cytosine residues in the 5′ regulatory region of the gene are converted to bisulfite modified cytosine residues,\n
said method further comprising exposing the bisulfite ion treated gene to alkaline conditions, whereby bisulfite modified cytosine residues are converted to uracil residues, and\n
detecting an amount or distribution of uracil residues in the 5′ regulatory region of the bisulfite ion treated gene of the test cell,\n
wherein a decrease in the amount or distribution of uracil residues in the 5′ regulatory region of gene from the test cell, as compared to the amount or distribution of uracil residues in a corresponding bisulfite ion treated unmethylated gene following exposure to alkaline conditions, is indicative of methylation of cytosine residues in CpG dinucleotides in the 5′ regulatory region of the gene, thereby detecting methylation silencing of the gene of the test cell."],"number":3,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 3, wherein detecting the amount or distribution of uracil residues comprises determining the nucleotide sequence of the bisulfite modified 5′ regulatory region of the gene following exposure to alkaline conditions."],"number":4,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 4, wherein detecting the amount or distribution of uracil residues comprises contacting the bisulfite ion treated gene sequence, following exposure to alkaline conditions, with an oligonucleotide that selectively hybridizes to the 5′ region regulatory of the gene containing uracil residues, and detecting selective hybridization of the oligonucleotide."],"number":5,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 1, which is performed in a high throughput format, wherein the test cell, or extract of the test cell, comprises one of a plurality of test cells, or extracts of the test cells, or a combination thereof."],"number":6,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 6, further comprising detecting methylation, if any, of cytosine residues in a CpG dinucleotide in a CpG island of the 5′ regulatory region of the gene in a corresponding cell exhibiting regulated growth, or an extract of the corresponding cell."],"number":7,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 1, wherein the sample is from a human subject."],"number":8,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 8, wherein the sample comprises a biological fluid."],"number":9,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting epigenetic silencing of expression of a trefoil 1 (TFF1) gene , a TFF2 gene, a TFF3 gene, an inhibin α gene or a Disabled-2 (Dab2) gene."],"number":10,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 5, wherein the oligonucleotide is a substrate for a primer extension reaction, and wherein detecting selective hybridization comprises detecting a product of the primer extension reaction."],"number":11,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 3, wherein detecting the amount or distribution of uracil residues comprises:\n
contacting the 5′ regulatory region of the gene with an amplification primer pair comprising a forward primer and a reverse primer under conditions suitable for amplification, wherein at least one primer of the primer pair comprises an oligonucleotide that selectively hybridizes to a nucleotide sequence of the 5′ regulatory region containing uracil residues,\n
whereby generation of an amplification product is indicative of methylation of cytosine residues in CpG dinucleotides in the 5′ regulatory region of the gene, thereby detecting methylation silencing of the gene of the test cell."],"number":12,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 12, wherein the amplification primer pair comprises a primer pair as set forth in SEQ ID NOS: 42 and 43."],"number":13,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 3, wherein detecting the amount or distribution of uracil residues comprises:\n
contacting the 5′ regulatory region of the gene with an amplification primer pair comprising a forward primer and a reverse primer under conditions suitable for amplification, wherein both primers of the primer pair selectively hybridize to a nucleotide sequence of the 5′ regulatory region containing cytosine residues, but not to a corresponding nucleotide sequence of the 5′ regulatory region containing uracil residues, and\n
whereby generation of an amplification product is indicative of a lack of methylation of cytosine residues in CpG dinucleotides in the 5′ regulatory region of the gene, thereby detecting methylation silencing of the gene of the test cell."],"number":14,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 14, wherein the amplification primer pair comprises a primer pair as set forth in SEQ ID NOS: 40 and 41."],"number":15,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false},{"lines":["The method of claim 3, wherein detecting the amount or distribution of uracil residues comprises:\n
contacting in the 5′ regulatory region of the gene with a first amplification primer pair and a second amplification primer pair under conditions suitable for amplification,\n
wherein the first amplification primer pair comprises a forward primer and a reverse primer, wherein at least one primer of the first primer pair comprises an oligonucleotide that selectively hybridizes to a nucleotide sequence of the 5′ regulatory region of the gene containing uracil residues, and\n
wherein the second amplification primer pair comprises a forward primer and a reverse primer, wherein both primers of the second primer pair selectively hybridize to a nucleotide sequence of the 5′ regulatory region of the gene containing cytosine residues, but not to a corresponding nucleotide sequence of the 5′ regulatory region of the gene containing uracil residues, and\n
wherein an amplification product, if any, generated by the first primer pair has a first length, and wherein an amplification product, if any, generated by the second primer pair has a second length, which is different from the first length,\n
whereby the length of the amplification products is indicative of uracil residues and, therefore, methylation of cytosine residues in CpG dinucleotides in the 5′ regulatory region of the gene, thereby detecting methylation silencing of the gene of the test cell."],"number":16,"annotation":false,"claim":true,"title":false}]}},"filters":{"npl":[],"notNpl":[],"applicant":[],"notApplicant":[],"inventor":[],"notInventor":[],"owner":[],"notOwner":[],"tags":[],"dates":[],"types":[],"notTypes":[],"j":[],"notJ":[],"fj":[],"notFj":[],"classIpcr":[],"notClassIpcr":[],"classNat":[],"notClassNat":[],"classCpc":[],"notClassCpc":[],"so":[],"notSo":[],"sat":[]},"sequenceFilters":{"s":"SEQIDNO","d":"ASCENDING","p":0,"n":10,"sp":[],"si":[],"len":[],"t":[],"loc":[]}}