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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2016
Applicants:
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignees:
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/198 (2006.01); A61K 31/52 (2006.01); A61K 31/573 (2006.01); A61P 11/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/198 (2013.01); A61K 31/52 (2013.01); A61K 31/573 (2013.01); A61P 11/00 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method for treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in a patient with N-acetylcysteine (NAC) comprising administering NAC to a patient after a sample from the patient has been genotyped and determined to be any one of: a) homozygous or heterozygous for a thymine at the single nucleotide polymorphism rs3750920; b) homozygous or heterozygous for guanine at the single nucleotide polymorphism rs5743894; or c) homozygous or heterozygous for thymine at the single nucleotide polymorphism rs35705950.