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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2007
Da-wei Gong, Olney, MD (US);
John C. Mclenithan, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alan R. Shuldiner, Columbia, MD (US);
Rong-ze Yang, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Da-Wei Gong, Olney, MD (US);
John C. McLenithan, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alan R. Shuldiner, Columbia, MD (US);
Rong-Ze Yang, Ellicott City, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods of diagnosing a disease or predicting an increased risk of a disease, such as obesity, obesity-dependent subacute inflammation, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease and a metabolic disease, by determining the levels of omentin 1 and 2 protein in a subject, or by determining the levels of omentin 1 and 2 gene expression in a subject. The present invention is also directed to methods of disease treatment using omentin 1 protein and omentin 2 protein.