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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 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 Educational Foundation, Tokyo, JP;
Denka Seiken Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a diagnostic kit and a diagnostic marker used for diagnosing a renal disease. This invention also provides a method for detecting a renal disease comprising measuring at least one type of human megalin existing in urine selected from among full-length human megalin and human megalin fragments of (i) to (iii): (i) full-length human megalin; (ii) a human megalin endodomain fragment lacking a human megalin ectodomain; and (iii) a human megalin ectodomain fragment lacking a human megalin endodomain.