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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2002
Methods for determining the risk of developing asthma characterized by bronchial hyperresponsiveness
Paul Andrew Whittaker, Horsham West Sussex, GB;
Deborah Alexis Meyers, Mocksville, NC (US);
Dirkje Sjoukje Postma, Groningen, NL;
Eugene Roland Bleecker, Bermuda Run, NC (US);
Paul Andrew Whittaker, Horsham West Sussex, GB;
Deborah Alexis Meyers, Mocksville, NC (US);
Dirkje Sjoukje Postma, Groningen, NL;
Eugene Roland Bleecker, Bermuda Run, NC (US);
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of an asthma-associated gene, designated AAGA, the protein molecule encoded by AAGA and related molecules in diagnostic and prognostic screening of patient populations, to polymorphisms in AAGA, and to the use of the protein encoded by AAGA or a variant thereof as a therapeutic target.