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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2010
Akihiko Saito, Niigata, JP;
Yasuhiko Tomino, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Katsuhiko Asanuma, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Shinya Ogasawara, Gosen, JP;
Hiroyuki Kurosawa, Gosen, JP;
Yoshiaki Hirayama, Gosen, JP;
Akihiko Saito, Niigata, JP;
Yasuhiko Tomino, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Katsuhiko Asanuma, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Shinya Ogasawara, Gosen, JP;
Hiroyuki Kurosawa, Gosen, JP;
Yoshiaki Hirayama, Gosen, JP;
Niigata University, Niigata, JP;
Juntendo Education Foundation, Tokyo, JP;
Denka Seiken Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a simple means for detecting a renal disorder, a diagnostic marker for a renal disorder that enables prognostic prediction of a renal disorder (e.g., diabetic nephropathy and IgA nephropathy) and evaluation of the degree of nephropathy at the phase of stage-II diabetic nephropathy by measuring the megalin level in urine associated with a renal disorder used for the detection means, and use of such marker. The invention also provides the use of human megalin obtained from the urine sample of a subject as a marker for detecting a renal disorder.