OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES AND USES THEREOF

1 .- 199 . (canceled)

200 . An oligonucleotide having a sequence that comprises, from the 5′ end to the 3′ end, a transposon adapter region, an offset region comprising 0 or more nucleotides, a variable region, and a priming region.

201 . The oligonucleotide of claim 200 , wherein the transposon adapter region comprises about 20 to about 40 nucleotides.

202 . The oligonucleotide of claim 201 , wherein the transposon adapter region comprises a nucleic acid sequence that is at least about 90 percent homologous to the sequence

(SEQ ID NO. 510764)

5′-TCGTCGGCAGCGTCAGATGTGTATAAGAGACAG.

203 . The oligonucleotide of claim 200 , wherein the offset region comprises 0 to about 10 nucleotides.

204 . The oligonucleotide of claim 203 , wherein the offset region comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of 5′-T (SEQ ID NO. 510765), 5′-CT (SEQ ID NO. 510766) and 5′-ACT (SEQ ID NO. 510767).

205 . The oligonucleotide of claim 200 , wherein the variable region comprises about 20 to about 50 nucleotides.

206 . The oligonucleotide of claim 200 , wherein the priming region comprises about 20 to about 40 nucleotides.

207 . The oligonucleotide of claim 206 , the priming region comprises a nucleic acid sequence that is at least about 90 percent homologous to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs. 510768 and 510769.

208 . An oligonucleotide probe library comprising at least 1, 10, 10 2 , 10 3 , 10 4 , 10 5 , 10 6 , 10 7 , 10 8 , 10 9 , 10 10 , 10 11 , 10 12 , 10 13 , 10 14 , 10 15 , 10 16 , 10 17 , or at least 10 18 different oligonucleotides of oligonucleotides of claim 200 .

209 . A method comprising contacting the oligonucleotide probe library of claim 208 with a sample and detecting the presence or level of binding of the oligonucleotide probe library to a target in the sample.

210 . A method comprising:

(a) contacting a sample with the oligonucleotide probe library of claim 208 to form a mixture in solution, wherein the oligonucleotides are capable of binding a plurality of entities in the sample to form complexes;

(b) partitioning the complexes formed in step (a) from the mixture; and

(c) detecting oligonucleotides present in the complexes partitioned in step (b) to identify an oligonucleotide profile for the sample.

211 . A method of characterizing a disease or disorder, comprising:

(a) contacting a biological test sample with an oligonucleotide probe library of claim 208 ;

(b) detecting a presence or level of complexes formed in step (a) between the oligonucleotides in the oligonucleotide probe library and a target in the biological test sample; and

(c) comparing the presence or level detected in step (b) to a reference level from a biological control sample, thereby characterizing the disease or disorder.

212 . The method of claim 210 , wherein the sample comprises a biological sample, an organic sample, an inorganic sample, a tissue, a cell culture, a bodily fluid, blood, serum, a cell, a microvesicle, a protein complex, a lipid complex, a carbohydrate, or any combination, fraction or variation thereof.

213 . The method of claim 210 , wherein the target comprises a cell, an organelle, a protein complex, a lipoprotein, a carbohydrate, a microvesicle, a membrane fragment, a small molecule, a heavy metal, a toxin, or a drug.

214 . The method of claim 210 , wherein one or more of the oligonucleotides in the oligonucleotide probe library binds a polypeptide or fragment thereof, wherein the polypeptide or fragment thereof comprises a biomarker in Table 3 or Table 4.

215 . The method of claim 214 , wherein the variable region of the one or more oligonucleotides in the oligonucleotide probe library binds a polypeptide or fragment thereof.

216 . The method of claim 210 , wherein the detecting step comprises performing sequencing of all or some of the oligonucleotides in the complexes, amplification of all or some of the oligonucleotides in the complexes, and/or hybridization of all or some of the oligonucleotides in the complexes to an array.

217 . The method of claim 211 , wherein the biological test sample and biological control sample comprise isolated microvesicles, wherein optionally the microvesicles are isolated using at least one of chromatography, filtration, ultrafiltration, centrifugation, ultracentrifugation, flow cytometry, affinity capture, polymer precipitation, and using microfluidics.

218 . The method of claim 217 , wherein at least one member of the oligonucleotide probe library binds a microvesicle surface antigen.

219 . The method of claim 211 , 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.