OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES AND USES THEREOF

1 . An oligonucleotide comprising a sequence according to any one of SEQ ID NOs 137-969 and 1072-4150.

2 . An oligonucleotide comprising a sequence according to any one of the SEQ ID NOs in Table 40.

3 . An oligonucleotide comprising a sequence according to any one of the SEQ ID NOs in the row “2000v1” in Table 43.

4 . An oligonucleotide comprising a sequence according to any one of the SEQ ID NOs in the row “2000v2” in Table 43.

5 . An oligonucleotide comprising a sequence according to any one of the SEQ ID NOs in the row “Common” in Table 43.

6 . An oligonucleotide comprising a sequence according to any one of the SEQ ID NOs in any preceding claim and further having a 5′ region with sequence 5′-CTAGCATGACTGCAGTACGT (SEQ ID NO. 131) and/or a 3′ region with sequence 5′-CTGTCTCTTATACACATCTGACGCTGCCGACGA (SEQ ID NO. 132).

7 . An oligonucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence or a portion thereof that is at least 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 or 100 percent homologous to an oligonucleotide sequence according to any preceding claim.

8 . A plurality of oligonucleotides comprising at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, or at least 10000 different oligonucleotide sequences according to claim 7 .

9 . A plurality of oligonucleotides comprising at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000, 3500, 4000, or all sequences according to SEQ ID NOs 137-969 and 1072-4150.

10 . The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 9 , comprising at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, or all SEQ ID NOs listed in Table 40.

11 . The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 10 , comprising at least the first 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, or all SEQ ID NOs listed in Table 40.

12 . The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 9 , comprising at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, or all SEQ ID NOs listed in row “2000v1” of Table 43.

13 . The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 12 , comprising at least the first 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, or all SEQ ID NOs listed in row “2000v1” of Table 43.

14 . The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 9 , comprising at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145 or all SEQ ID NOs listed in row “2000v2” of Table 43.

15 . The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 14 , comprising at least the first 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145 or all SEQ ID NOs listed in row “2000v2” of Table 43.

16 . The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 9 , comprising at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 or all SEQ ID NOs listed in row “Common” of Table 43.

17 . The plurality of oligonucleotides of claim 16 , comprising at least the first 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 or all SEQ ID NOs listed in row “Common” of Table 43.

18 . An oligonucleotide or plurality of oligonucleotides according to any preceding claim, wherein the oligonucleotide or at least one member of the plurality of oligonucleotides comprises at least one functional modification selected from the group consisting of DNA, RNA, biotinylation, a non-naturally occurring nucleotides, a deletion, an insertion, an addition, and a chemical modification.

19 . A method of characterizing a phenotype in a sample comprising:

(a) contacting the sample with at least one oligonucleotide or plurality of oligonucleotides according to any preceding claim; and

(b) identifying a presence or level of a complex formed between the at least one oligonucleotide or plurality of oligonucleotides and the sample, wherein the presence or level is used to characterize the phenotype.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the identifying comprises sequencing, amplification, hybridization, gel electrophoresis or chromatography.

21 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the identifying by hybridization comprises contacting the sample with at least one labeled probe that is configured to hybridize with at least one oligonucleotide.

22 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the at least one labeled probe is directly or indirectly attached to a label.

23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the label comprises a fluorescent or magnetic label.

24 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the sequencing comprises next generation sequencing, dye termination sequencing, and/or pyrosequencing.

25 . A method of detecting at least one oligonucleotide in a sample, comprising:

(a) providing the at least one oligonucleotide comprising a capture moiety;

(b) contacting the sample with the at least one oligonucleotide provided in (a);

(c) capturing the at least one oligonucleotide that formed a complex with a component in the sample in (b);

(d) identifying a presence or level of the at least one oligonucleotide captured in (c), wherein optionally the presence or level is used to characterize a phenotype.

26 . The method of claim 25 , wherein the at least one oligonucleotide is captured to a substrate.

27 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the substrate comprises a bead or planar substrate.

28 . The method of any of claims 25 - 27 , wherein the capture moiety comprises biotin.

29 . The method of any of claims 25 - 28 , wherein the capture moiety is photocleavable.

30 . The method of claim 28 or 29 , wherein the at least one oligonucleotide is captured to a substrate comprising avidin or streptavidin.

31 . The method of claim 30 as depends from claim 29 , wherein the captured at least one oligonucleotide is released from the substrate by irradiation prior to the identifying.

32 . The method of any of claims 25 - 31 , wherein the identifying comprises sequencing, amplification, hybridization, gel electrophoresis or chromatography.

33 . The method of claim 32 , wherein the detection by hybridization comprises contacting the sample with at least one labeled probe that is configured to hybridize with at least one oligonucleotide.

34 . The method of claim 33 , wherein the at least one labeled probe is directly or indirectly attached to a label.

35 . The method of claim 34 , wherein the label comprises a fluorescent or magnetic label.

36 . The method of claim 32 , wherein the sequencing comprises next generation sequencing, dye termination sequencing, and/or pyrosequencing.

37 . The method of any one of claims 19 - 36 , wherein the at least one oligonucleotide comprises an oligonucleotide or plurality of oligonucleotides according to any one of claims 1 - 18 .

38 . The method of any one of claims 19 - 37 , wherein the phenotype comprises a disease or disorder.

39 . The method of claim 38 , wherein the characterizing comprises a diagnosis, prognosis and/or theranosis for the disease or disorder.

40 . The method of claim 39 , wherein the theranosis comprises predicting a treatment efficacy or lack thereof, or monitoring a treatment efficacy.

41 . The method of any one of claims 19 - 40 , wherein the complex formed between the at least one oligonucleotide or plurality of oligonucleotides and the sample comprises a complex formed between a microvesicle population in the sample and the at least one oligonucleotide or plurality of oligonucleotides.

42 . The method of claim 41 , wherein the microvesicle population is isolated before of after the contacting using affinity purification, filtration, polymer precipitation, PEG precipitation, ultracentrifugation, a molecular crowding reagent, affinity isolation, affinity selection, or any combination thereof.

43 . The method of any one of claims 19 - 42 wherein the characterizing comprises comparing the presence or level to a reference.

44 . The method of claim 43 , wherein the reference comprises the presence or level determined in a sample from an individual without a disease or disorder, or from an individual with a different state of a disease or disorder.

45 . The method of claim 43 or 44 , wherein the comparison to the reference of at least one oligonucleotide comprising a SEQ ID NO in any one of claims 1 - 7 indicates that the sample comprises a cancer sample or a non-cancer/normal sample.

46 . The method of any one of claims 19 - 45 , wherein the sample comprises a bodily fluid, tissue sample or cell culture.

47 . The method of claim 46 , wherein the bodily fluid comprises peripheral blood, sera, plasma, ascites, urine, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), sputum, saliva, bone marrow, synovial fluid, aqueous humor, amniotic fluid, cerumen, breast milk, broncheoalveolar lavage fluid, semen, prostatic fluid, cowper's fluid or pre-ejaculatory fluid, female ejaculate, sweat, fecal matter, hair oil, tears, cyst fluid, pleural and peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid, lymph, chyme, chyle, bile, interstitial fluid, menses, pus, sebum, vomit, vaginal secretions, mucosal secretion, stool water, pancreatic juice, lavage fluids from sinus cavities, bronchopulmonary aspirates, blastocyl cavity fluid, or umbilical cord blood.

48 . The method any one of claims 19 - 47 , wherein the sample is from a subject suspected of having or being predisposed to a disease or disorder.

49 . The method of any of claims 25 - 48 , wherein the disease or disorder comprises a cancer, a premalignant condition, an inflammatory disease, an immune disease, an autoimmune disease or disorder, a cardiovascular disease or disorder, neurological disease or disorder, infectious disease or pain.

50 . The method of claim 49 , wherein the cancer comprises an acute lymphoblastic leukemia; acute myeloid leukemia; adrenocortical carcinoma; AIDS-related cancers; AIDS-related lymphoma; anal cancer; appendix cancer; astrocytomas; atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor; basal cell carcinoma; bladder cancer; brain stem glioma; brain tumor (including brain stem glioma, central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor, central nervous system embryonal tumors, astrocytomas, craniopharyngioma, ependymoblastoma, ependymoma, medulloblastoma, medulloepithelioma, pineal parenchymal tumors of intermediate differentiation, supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors and pineoblastoma); breast cancer; bronchial tumors; Burkitt lymphoma; cancer of unknown primary site; carcinoid tumor; carcinoma of unknown primary site; central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor; central nervous system embryonal tumors; cervical cancer; childhood cancers; chordoma; chronic lymphocytic leukemia; chronic myelogenous leukemia; chronic myeloproliferative disorders; colon cancer; colorectal cancer; craniopharyngioma; cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; endocrine pancreas islet cell tumors; endometrial cancer; ependymoblastoma; ependymoma; esophageal cancer; esthesioneuroblastoma; Ewing sarcoma; extracranial germ cell tumor; extragonadal germ cell tumor; extrahepatic bile duct cancer; gallbladder cancer; gastric (stomach) cancer; gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor; gastrointestinal stromal cell tumor; gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST); gestational trophoblastic tumor; glioma; hairy cell leukemia; head and neck cancer; heart cancer; Hodgkin lymphoma; hypopharyngeal cancer; intraocular melanoma; islet cell tumors; Kaposi sarcoma; kidney cancer; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; laryngeal cancer; lip cancer; liver cancer; lung cancer; malignant fibrous histiocytoma bone cancer; medulloblastoma; medulloepithelioma; melanoma; Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cell skin carcinoma; mesothelioma; metastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary; mouth cancer; multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes; multiple myeloma; multiple myeloma/plasma cell neoplasm; mycosis fungoides; myelodysplastic syndromes; myeloproliferative neoplasms; nasal cavity cancer; nasopharyngeal cancer; neuroblastoma; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; nonmelanoma skin cancer; non-small cell lung cancer; oral cancer; oral cavity cancer; oropharyngeal cancer; osteosarcoma; other brain and spinal cord tumors; ovarian cancer; ovarian epithelial cancer; ovarian germ cell tumor; ovarian low malignant potential tumor; pancreatic cancer; papillomatosis; paranasal sinus cancer; parathyroid cancer; pelvic cancer; penile cancer; pharyngeal cancer; pineal parenchymal tumors of intermediate differentiation; pineoblastoma; pituitary tumor; plasma cell neoplasm/multiple myeloma; pleuropulmonary blastoma; primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma; primary hepatocellular liver cancer; prostate cancer; rectal cancer; renal cancer; renal cell (kidney) cancer; renal cell cancer; respiratory tract cancer; retinoblastoma; rhabdomyosarcoma; salivary gland cancer; Sezary syndrome; small cell lung cancer; small intestine cancer; soft tissue sarcoma; squamous cell carcinoma; squamous neck cancer; stomach (gastric) cancer; supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors; T-cell lymphoma; testicular cancer; throat cancer; thymic carcinoma; thymoma; thyroid cancer; transitional cell cancer; transitional cell cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter; trophoblastic tumor; ureter cancer; urethral cancer; uterine cancer; uterine sarcoma; vaginal cancer; vulvar cancer; Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia; or Wilm's tumor.

51 . The method of claim 49 , wherein the premalignant condition comprises Barrett's Esophagus.

52 . The method of claim 49 , wherein the autoimmune disease comprises inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), pelvic inflammation, vasculitis, psoriasis, diabetes, autoimmune hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, Type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE), Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, Grave's disease, Ankylosing Spondylitis Sjogrens Disease, CREST syndrome, Scleroderma, Rheumatic Disease, organ rejection, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, or sepsis.

53 . The method of claim 49 , wherein the cardiovascular disease comprises atherosclerosis, congestive heart failure, vulnerable plaque, stroke, ischemia, high blood pressure, stenosis, vessel occlusion or a thrombotic event.

54 . The method of claim 49 , wherein the neurological disease comprises Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's Disease (PD), Alzheimer's Disease (AD), schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, autism, Prion Disease, Pick's disease, dementia, Huntington disease (HD), Down's syndrome, cerebrovascular disease, Rasmussen's encephalitis, viral meningitis, neurospsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, ischemic reperfusion damage (e.g. stroke), brain trauma, microbial infection, or chronic fatigue syndrome.

55 . The method of claim 49 , wherein the pain comprises fibromyalgia, chronic neuropathic pain, or peripheral neuropathic pain.

56 . The method of claim 49 , wherein the infectious disease comprises a bacterial infection, viral infection, yeast infection, Whipple's Disease, Prion Disease, cirrhosis, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus , HIV, HCV, hepatitis, syphilis, meningitis, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza.

57 . A kit comprising a reagent for carrying out the method of any of claims 19 - 56 .

58 . Use of a reagent for carrying out the method of any of claims 19 - 56 .

59 . The kit of claim 57 or use of claim 58 , wherein the reagent comprises an oligonucleotide or a plurality of oligonucleotides according to any one of claims 1 - 18 .

60 . A nucleic acid molecule comprising a 5′ leader region which is 5′ of a variable region, which is 5′ of a tail region, wherein the leader region comprises a lengthener region, a terminator region and a forward primer region, and the tail region comprises a reverse primer region.

61 . The nucleic acid molecule of claim 60 , wherein the lengthener region comprises at least 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 30, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleotides.

62 . The nucleic acid molecule of claim 60 or 61 , wherein the lengthener region comprises a poly-A sequence.

63 . The nucleic acid molecule of claim 60 , wherein the terminator region comprises at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 30, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleotides.

64 . The nucleic acid molecule of claim 60 or 63 , wherein the terminator region comprises a non-nucleotide terminator.

65 . The nucleic acid molecule of claim 64 , wherein the non-nucleotide terminator comprises triethylene glycol.

66 . The nucleic acid molecule of claim 60 , wherein the forward primer region comprises at least 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 30, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleotides.

67 . The nucleic acid molecule of claim 60 , wherein the variable region comprises at least 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 30, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleotides.

68 . The nucleic acid molecule of claim 67 , wherein the variable region binds a target molecule or complex through non-Watson-Crick base pairing.

69 . The nucleic acid molecule of claim 60 , wherein the reverse primer region comprises at least 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 30, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleotides.

70 . A method of generating a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) molecule comprising:

(a) providing a mixture comprising a nucleic acid molecule according to any one or all of claims 60 - 69 , and forward and reverse primers configured to amplify the nucleic acid molecule from the forward primer region and reverse primer region, respectively; and

(b) performing asymmetric polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on the mixture in a) to favorably amplify the reverse strand of the nucleic acid molecule, wherein the forward and reverse primers in the mixture are at a ratio of at least about 1:5 (F/R) in favor of the reverse primers; thereby generating the ssDNA molecule.

71 . The method of claim 70 , wherein the ratio is between about 1:20-1:50 (F/R) in favor of the reverse primers.

72 . The method of claim 70 , wherein the ratio is between about 1:37.5 (F/R) in favor of the reverse primers.

73 . The method of claim 70 , further comprising isolating the amplified reverse strand of the nucleic acid molecule on a native gel.

74 . The method of any one of claims 70 - 72 , further comprising:

(c) denaturing the amplified nucleic acid molecules from b); and

(d) isolating the denatured reverse strand of the nucleic acid molecules from c).

75 . The method of claim 74 , wherein the denatured reverse strand of the nucleic acid molecules is isolated on a denaturing gel.

76 . The method of any of claims 70 - 75 , wherein the mixture in a) further comprises at least one of an enrichment buffer, non-target molecules, proteins, microvesicles, and polyethyleve glycol.

77 . A kit comprising a reagent for carrying out the method of any of claims 70 - 76 .

78 . Use of a reagent for carrying out the method of any of claims 70 - 76 .

79 . The kit of claim 77 or use of claim 78 , wherein the reagent comprises at least one of a buffer, a nucleic acid molecule or a plurality of nucleic acid molecules according to any one of claims 60 - 69 , and forward and/or reverse primers configured to amplify the nucleic acid molecule or a plurality of nucleic acid molecules.