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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2019
Applicant:
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, SA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, SA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01); A61P 9/00 (2006.01); A61P 11/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6827 (2018.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); A61P 9/00 (2018.01); A61P 11/00 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6827 (2013.01); C07K 14/47 (2013.01); C07K 14/4728 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a method for diagnosing and treating fibrosis, especially pulmonary fibrosis, associated with mutation of the S100A13 and S100A3 genes. Methods for detecting and distinguishing the mutant forms of these genes are disclosed and ways to compensate for loss of function or aberrant function of the mutated S100A13 or S100A3 proteins are disclosed.