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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Danny Alexander, Cary, NC (US);
Jeffrey Shuster, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Joshua Korzenik, Dover, MA (US);
Garrett Zella, Newton, MA (US);
Danny Alexander, Cary, NC (US);
Jeffrey Shuster, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Joshua Korzenik, Dover, MA (US);
Garrett Zella, Newton, MA (US);
Metabolon, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
The Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides various biomarkers of inflammatory bowel disease, including biomarkers for Crohn's disease and biomarkers for Ulcerative colitis. The present invention also provides various methods of using the biomarkers, including methods for diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease, methods for distinguishing between inflammatory bowel diseases, methods of determining predisposition to inflammatory bowel disease, methods of monitoring progression/regression of inflammatory bowel disease, methods of assessing efficacy of compositions for treating inflammatory bowel disease, methods of screening compositions for activity in modulating biomarkers of inflammatory bowel disease, methods of treating inflammatory bowel disease, as well as other methods based on biomarkers of inflammatory bowel disease.