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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Markus F. Neurath, Mainz, DE;
Matthias Schwab, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Markus F. Neurath, Mainz, DE;
Matthias Schwab, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch Gesellschaft fur Medizinische Forschung (RBMF), Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/52 (2006.01); A61K 31/415 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides diagnostic methods for predicting therapeutic efficacy in an individual being treated for an autoimmune or an inflammatory disease. In addition, the present invention also provides novel methods for monitoring azathioprine therapy or optimizing clinical responsiveness to azathioprine therapy in an individual by measuring 6-thioguanosine nucleotide levels in a sample from the individual.