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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2010
Applicants:
Laurie H. Glimcher, West Newton, MA (US);
Wendy Sarah Garrett, Brookline, MA (US);
Inventors:
Laurie H. Glimcher, West Newton, MA (US);
Wendy Sarah Garrett, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The instant invention is based, at least in part, on the discovery that T-bet maintains host commensal relationships in the gastrointestinal tract. Accordingly, this invention provides methods of treating and/or preventing ulcerative colitis, and/or colon cancer, and/or preventing colonization of a subject's gastrointestinal tract with commensal bacteria that promote ulcerative colitis as well as methods of identifying agents that treat and prevent the same.