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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2020
Applicants:
Rheinische Friedrich-wilhelms-universität Bonn, Bonn, DE;
Maastricht University, Maastricht, NL;
Inventors:
Alexander Pfeifer, Bonn, DE;
Joschka Buyel, Cologne, DE;
Yong Chen, Wuhan, CN;
Wouter Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Eijsden-Margraten, NL;
Assignees:
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, DE;
Maastricht University, Maastricht, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2018.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01); A61K 31/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); A61K 31/36 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/136 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/178 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for detecting activation of a brown/beige fat cell or brown/beige adipose tissue (BAT) in a biological sample taken from a mammal to be diagnosed, comprising measuring the amount of miR-92 in said sample. The invention furthermore relates to diagnostic and clinical applications of the methods of the invention.