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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2018
Applicant:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Alexander K. Shalek, Cambridge, MA (US);

Carly Ziegler, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/703 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); G01N 2800/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein provide a pan-tissue cell atlas of healthy and diseased subjects obtained by single cell sequencing. The present invention discloses novel markers for cell types. Moreover, genes associated with disease, including HIV infection and tuberculosis are identified. The invention provides for diagnostic assays based on gene markers and cell composition, as well as therapeutic targets for controlling immune regulations and cell-cell communication of the cell types disclosed herein. In addition, novel cell types and methods of quantitating, detecting and isolating the cell types are disclosed.


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