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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2016
Applicants:
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Miriam Meisler, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James R. Lupski, Houston, TX (US);
Clement Chow, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignees:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/172 (2013.01); G01N 2500/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to neuropathy, in particular to mutations in the FIG4 gene. The present invention also provides assays for the detection of variant FIG4 alleles, and assays for detecting FIG4 polymorphisms and mutations associated with disease states.