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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2009
Methods and compositions for diagnosing and monitoring auto immune and chronic inflammatory diseases
Jay Wohlgemuth, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kirk Fry, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Woodward, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ngoc Ly, Albany, CA (US);
Jay Wohlgemuth, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kirk Fry, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Woodward, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ngoc Ly, Albany, CA (US);
XDx, Inc., Brisbane, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of diagnosing or monitoring autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases, particularly systemic lupus erythematosis and rheumatoid arthritis, in a patient by detecting the expression level of one or more genes in a patient, are described. Diagnostic oligonucleotides for diagnosing or monitoring autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases, particularly systemic lupus erythematosis and rheumatoid arthritis and kits or systems containing the same are also described.