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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Sphingotec Gmbh, Hennigsdorf, DE;
Inventors:
Andreas Bergmann, Berlin, DE;
Olle Melander, Limhamn, SE;
Assignee:
Sphingotec GmbH, Hennigsdorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/6893 (2013.01); G01N 33/74 (2013.01); G01N 2333/70 (2013.01); G01N 2800/347 (2013.01); G01N 2800/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to means and methods suitable for risk prediction of chronic kidney disease (CKD) using Pro-Enkephalin or fragments thereof as biomarker. The risk prediction methods of the invention are intended for healthy subjects and for subjects suffering from diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and events, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, or autoimmune diseases. Subject matter of the invention is also a method of predicting the worsening or improvement of kidney function or dysfunction in healthy and diseased individuals.