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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
City of Sapporo, Sapporo, JP;
Inventors:
Masato Mitsuhashi, Irvine, CA (US);
Hiroshi Harada, Hokkaido, JP;
Assignees:
Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
City of Sapporo, Sapporo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); A01N 43/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6809 (2013.01); C12Q 2525/207 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/178 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/142 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to methods of characterizing kidney function. In particular, several embodiments quantify kidney-associated marker RNA isolated from vesicles contained in patient urine samples. In some embodiments, the quantified RNA from urine vesicles is compared to a normal population and in some embodiments is compared to the patient to evaluate kidney function over time.