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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2013
Zymogenetics, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Stacey R. Dillon, Seattle, WA (US);
Brandon J. Harder, Renton, WA (US);
ZymoGenetics, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of measuring the levels of BLyS/APRIL heterotrimers (HT) in a biological sample, in a preferred embodiment, in serum. The diagnostic assays are useful in predicting an individual's likelihood of developing or currently suffering from an autoimmune disease, such as SLE and for methods for treating an individual clinically diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. This diagnostic test serves to predict a patient's likelihood to respond to a specific drug treatment, in particular treatment with HT antagonists, either singly or in combination with other immune suppressive drugs.