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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Naftali Kaminski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kevin F. Gibson, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Bernadette R. Gochuico, Potomac, MD (US);
Thomas J. Richards, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ivan Rosas, Boston, MA (US);
Kazuhisa Konishi, Kyoto, JP;
Moises Selman, Mexico City, MX;
Jose David Herazo-maya, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Imre Noth, Chicago, IL (US);
Naftali Kaminski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kevin F. Gibson, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Bernadette R. Gochuico, Potomac, MD (US);
Thomas J. Richards, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ivan Rosas, Boston, MA (US);
Kazuhisa Konishi, Kyoto, JP;
Moises Selman, Mexico City, MX;
Jose David Herazo-Maya, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Imre Noth, Chicago, IL (US);
University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburg, PA (US);
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas—D.F., Mexico City, MX;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the discovery that of a panel of serum or plasma markers may be used to diagnose Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ('IPF') and distinguish this condition from other lung ailments. It further relates to the identification of markers associated with IPF disease progression.