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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Applicant:
Alain Moreau, Montreal, CA;
Inventor:
Alain Moreau, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/567 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for classifying human subjects having adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) into AIS subgroups, comprising detecting an impairment in the melatonin-signaling pathway in a cell sample from the subject, wherein the impairment is detected by an accumulation of cyclic adenosine 5'-monophosphate (cAMP) in the cell sample as compared to a control sample in the presence of a known melatonin-signaling pathway agonist, wherein the results of the detection step enable the classification of the subject having AIS into an AIS subgroup.