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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Jay Wohlgemuth, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kirk Fry, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Woodward, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ngoc Ly, San Bruno, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jay Wohlgemuth, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kirk Fry, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Woodward, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ngoc Ly, San Bruno, CA (US);
Assignee:
Expression Diagnostics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of diagnosing or monitoring an autoimmune or chronic inflammatory disease, particularly SLE in a patient by detecting the expression level of one or more genes or surrogates derived therefrom in the patient are described. Diagnostic oligonucleotides for diagnosing or monitoring chronic inflammatory disease, particularly SLE infection and kits or systems containing the same are also described.