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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Joern Lewin, Berlin, DE;
Kurt Berlin, Stahnsdorf, DE;
Inventors:
Joern Lewin, Berlin, DE;
Kurt Berlin, Stahnsdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Epigenomics AG, Berlin, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C40B 30/06 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6827 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to the determination of the DNA methylation level at one or more CpG position within cells of a defined type in a tissue sample. This methylation level is deduced from the total DNA methylation level of all cells of the sample and from the content of said cells of interest. In aspects of the invention, the cell content is determined by means of histopatholoy, staining methods, antibodies, expression analysis or DNA methylation analysis.