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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2001
Terry J. Smith, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
William W. Cruikshank, Westford, MA (US);
Terry J. Smith, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
William W. Cruikshank, Westford, MA (US);
Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention describes a method to detect connective tissue pathologies associated with Graves' disease ophthalmopathy and other antibody mediated inflammatory autoimmune diseases. The detection method comprises obtaining a sample from a patient suffering from an antibody-mediated inflammatory autoimmune disorder and measuring Interleukin 16 (IL-16) or RANTES produced by thyroid associated ophthalmopathy fibroblasts to indicate the presence or severity.
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