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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Applicants:
Robin Thurmond, San Diego, CA (US);
Siquan Sun, San Diego, CA (US);
Lars Karlsson, La Jolla, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robin Thurmond, San Diego, CA (US);
Siquan Sun, San Diego, CA (US);
Lars Karlsson, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the effect of in vivo administration of Cathepsin S inhibitors by measuring accumulation of an intermediate degradation product of invariant chain (Ii), in particular the p10 Ii fragment, in blood of dosed subjects.