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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Lisa A. Paige, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Matthew W. Mitchell, Durham, NC (US);
Anne Evans, Durham, NC (US);
Don Harvan, Durham, NC (US);
David Carl Steffens, Durham, NC (US);
K. Ranga R. Krishnan, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Rima Kaddurah-daouk, Belmont, MA (US);
Lisa A. Paige, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Matthew W. Mitchell, Durham, NC (US);
Anne Evans, Durham, NC (US);
Don Harvan, Durham, NC (US);
David Carl Steffens, Durham, NC (US);
K. Ranga R. Krishnan, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Belmont, MA (US);
Metabolon, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides various biomarkers of depression. The present invention also provides various methods of using the biomarkers, including methods for diagnosis of depression, methods of determining predisposition to depression, methods of monitoring progression/regression of depression, methods of assessing efficacy of compositions for treating depression, methods of screening compositions for activity in modulating biomarkers of depression, methods of treating depression, as well as other methods based on biomarkers of depression.