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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Ta-yuan Chang, Hanover, NH (US);
Shigeki Sugii, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ta-Yuan Chang, Hanover, NH (US);
Shigeki Sugii, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of detecting intracellular cholesterol. The method provides contacting a permeabilized cell with labeled cθ complex. Methods of using this detection method to identify agents which modulate cholesterol accumulation in a cell are also provided.