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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Wan-heng Wang, Grapevine, TX (US);
Loretta Graves Mcnatt, Hurst, TX (US);
Abbot F. Clark, Arlington, TX (US);
Peter G. Klimko, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Wan-Heng Wang, Grapevine, TX (US);
Loretta Graves McNatt, Hurst, TX (US);
Abbot F. Clark, Arlington, TX (US);
Peter G. Klimko, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Alcon Research, Ltd., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention concerns a method for diagnosing or monitoring elevated intraocular pressure or glaucoma in a patient comprising providing a biological sample from the patient and measuring the expression level of a superoxide dismutase-2 (SOD-2) gene in the biological sample. The present invention also concerns methods for treating glaucoma or elevated intraocular pressure in a patient comprising administering to a patient an effective amount of an agent that modulates SOD-2 expression or SOD-2 activity.