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Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

May. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Natera, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dina M. Hafez, Los Altos, CA (US);

Prashanthi Natarajan, Foster City, CA (US);

Raheleh Salari, San Carlos, CA (US);

Ryan Swenerton, Millbrae, CA (US);

Bernhard Zimmermann, Manteca, CA (US);

Assignee:

Natera, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6881 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6844 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6881 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6844 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure herein provides methods and compositions for detecting or monitoring immune cell populations in biological samples. The methods and compositions disclosed herein are particularly useful for detecting or monitoring immune cell populations in patients suffering from a disease or undergoing treatment of a disease resulting in depletion of immune cells. In particular, the present disclosure provides method for using multiplex PCR combined with next-generation DNA sequencing to detect DNA containing recombined V(D)J gene segments which can be used to detect immune cells.


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