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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2008
Applicants:
Dorit Ben-shachar, Kiryat Shmuel, IL;
Ehud Klein, Timrat, IL;
Inventors:
Dorit Ben-Shachar, Kiryat Shmuel, IL;
Ehud Klein, Timrat, IL;
Assignee:
Technion R&D Foundation Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and kits for the diagnosis of schizophrenia, which employ mitochondrial complex I as a peripheral biological marker for schizophrenia. In an embodiment of the invention, the present invention provides a method for diagnosing schizophrenia in a subject by determining the level of m-RNA or protein mitochondrial complex I subunits and its activity by determining the cellular basal respiration through complex I enzyme.