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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:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jerome I Rotter, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stephan R Targan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Huiying Yang, Cerritos, CA (US);
Arthur L Beaudet, Houston, TX (US);
Devendra Vora, Torrance, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C07H / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 536 231 ; 536 243 ;
Abstract
A novel association between IBD and a polymorphism at amino acid residue 241 of ICAM-1 has been discovered. In accordance with the present invention there is provided methods of screening for IBD, methods for treating IBD, antibodies specifically reactive wish ICAM-1 encoded by R241 allele and kits which exploit the inventive methods.