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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
May. 18, 2012
Applicants:
Qingyun Liu, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Kendra Carmon, Houston, TX (US);
Xing Gong, Pearland, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/66 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/66 (2013.01); G01N 33/5011 (2013.01); G01N 2333/726 (2013.01);
Abstract
A composition and method for detecting the ability of a compound to modulate the activity of LGR4, LGR5, or LGR6 receptors in a cell. LGR4, LGR5, and LGR6 are capable of activating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling system which plays essential roles in embryonic development and in the self-renewal and maintenance of adult stem cells.