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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Shih Hsin Wu, Taipei, TW;
Ellson Ye-shyon Chen, Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Shih Hsin Wu, Taipei, TW;
Ellson Ye-Shyon Chen, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Vita Genomics, Inc., Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gene related to a susceptibility of infection and asthma—the Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor-type Delta (PTPRD) gene—a method of detecting the asthma-associated gene, a method of predicting the occurrence of asthma, a method of identifying asthma-associated alleles in PTPRD gene, a method of screening PTPRD for drugs useful in the treatment of asthma, and antibodies specific for PTPRD variants and their use in diagnostic assays.