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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Tiberiu Mircea Siclovan, Rexford, NY (US);
Cristina Abucay Tan Hehir, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Rong Zhang, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Victoria Eugenia Cotero, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Anshika Bajaj, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and a kit for detecting myelin basic protein are provided. The method comprises administering an agent, which binds to myelin basic protein (MBP), to a subject at risk of or diagnosed with a myelin-associated neuropathy, and determining myelination by detecting the agent resided in the subject. The amount of the agent present in the subject is indicative of a myelin-associated neuropathy. A method of quantifying an amount of MBP present in a tissue sample is also provided, wherein the method comprises contacting the tissue sample with the same agent, detecting the agent present in the tissue sample; and quantifying an amount of the agent present in the tissue sample.