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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2007
Preeti G. Lal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gavin E. Williams, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kirk E. Fry, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jingtao Sun, Foster City, CA (US);
Russell L. Dedrick, Kensington, CA (US);
Preeti G. Lal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gavin E. Williams, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kirk E. Fry, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jingtao Sun, Foster City, CA (US);
Russell L. Dedrick, Kensington, CA (US);
Xdx, Inc., Brisbane, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention presents a method of diagnosing or monitoring the status of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a subject or patient comprising detecting the expression of all genes of a diagnostic set in the subject or patient wherein the diagnostic set comprises two or more genes having expression correlated with the classification or status of SLE; and diagnosing or monitoring the status of SLE in the subject or patient by applying at least one statistical method to the expression of the genes of the diagnostic set.