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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2016
Nottingham University Hospitals Nhs Trust, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, GB;
The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, GB;
Mark Devonald, Nottingham, GB;
David Gardner, Nottingham, GB;
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, Nottingham, GB;
NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST, Nottingham, GB;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for diagnosing in a subject Acute Kidney Injury or a related or analogous disease state. The method comprises the steps of a) providing a sample taken from the subject: b) analysing the sample from the subject to determine the level of a biomarker selected from certain atomic species; and c) comparing the level of the biomarker in the sample to a reference level of the biomarker that is characteristic of a healthy subject, eg a subject having normal renal function. An elevated level of the biomarker in the sample relative to the reference level is indicative of Acute Kidney Injury or a related or analogous disease state. The invention also relates to the use of an atomic species selected from those in Table 1 as a biomarker for Acute Kidney Injury or a related or analogous disease state, and test kits comprising an analytical element sensitive to those biomarkers.