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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Sphingotec Gmbh, Hennigsdorf, DE;
Inventors:
Andreas Bergmann, Berlin, DE;
Olle Melander, Limhamn, SE;
Assignee:
SPHINGOTEC GMBH, Hennigsdorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/74 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/74 (2013.01); G01N 33/48 (2013.01); G01N 33/68 (2013.01); G01N 2333/4706 (2013.01); G01N 2800/044 (2013.01); G01N 2800/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Subject matter of the present invention is a method for determining the fat processing activity and/or predicting the risk of obesity in a subject. The method involves determining the level of pro-neurotensin or fragments thereof of at least 5 amino acids in a bodily fluid obtained from a subject; and correlating the determined level of pro-neurotensin or fragments thereof with fat processing activity and/or the risk of incidence of obesity in the subject, wherein an elevated level is indicative of enhanced fat processing activity and/or predictive for an enhanced risk of getting obesity.