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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Lucy Liaw, South Portland, ME (US);
Ah-kau NG, Portland, ME (US);
Assignee:
Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01); G01N 33/577 (2006.01); C07K 16/18 (2006.01); C12N 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to reagents and methods for the detection of osteopontin fragments and distinguishing them from each other and from the full-length osteopontin protein. The present invention also relates to assays for the determination of the presence of osteopontin fragments in samples obtained from subjects and, further, the correlation of osteopontin fragment levels fragment levels with disease detection, progression and prognosis.