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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ole Dragsbaek Madsen, Soborg, DK;
Birgitte Koch Michelsen, Lyngy, DK;
Jacob Steen Petersen, Copenhagen, DK;
Bart O Roep, Leiden, NL;
Borge Teisner, Odense, DK;
Assignee:
Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-4 ; 435-6 ; 435-71 ; 435-72 ; 435-724 ; 435965 ; 435975 ; 435-77 ; 435-772 ; 435-79 ; 435-792 ; 4353723 ; 436503 ; 436506 ; 436 63 ; 530350 ; 530395 ; 5303871 ; 5303913 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing preclinical insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus by determining the T cell response to a specific islet cell antigen fetal antigen 1 (FA1) or the presence of autoantibodies against FA1 in serum, a test kit for use in the method, as well as a pharmaceutical composition of FA1 and a method for use of the pharmaceutical composition for therapy of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.