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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Lauri Diehl, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kenneth Flanagan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lian MO, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lauri Diehl, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kenneth Flanagan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lian Mo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides for a method of detecting the presence of inflammatory bowel disease in gastrointestinal tissues or cells of a mammal by detecting increased expression of LY6 genes in the tissues or cells of the mammal relative to a control.