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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2008
Johan Hendrikus Verheijen, TX Berkel en Rodenrijs, NL;
Jan Roeland Occo Hanemaaijer, NP Voorhout, NL;
Michaela Diamant, GW Muiderberg, NL;
Johan Hendrikus Verheijen, TX Berkel en Rodenrijs, NL;
Jan Roeland Occo Hanemaaijer, NP Voorhout, NL;
Michaela Diamant, GW Muiderberg, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for determining if a subject having Type II diabetes has a kidney disorder by measuring the level of matrix metalloproteinase 8 (MMP-8) in the urine of a subject having Type II diabetes and comparing this level to a reference sample or a sample from a healthy subject and determining if the subject has a kidney disorder base on the presence of increased levels of MMP-8 in the urine compared to the reference values or reference sample.