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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2011
Raymond Tabibiazar, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stanley G. Rockson, Stanford, CA (US);
Raymond Tabibiazar, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stanley G. Rockson, Stanford, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention identifies genes whose gene products are differentially expressed in lymphedema tissues, particularly cutaneous tissue involved in whole organ response to lymphedema. The invention provides methods for diagnosing or assessing an individual's susceptibility to lymphedema. Also provided are therapeutic methods for treating a patient or methods for prophylactically treating an individual susceptible to lymphedema. Additionally, the invention describes screening methods for identifying agents that can be administered to treat individuals that have or at risk of developing lymphedema.