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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Wei-qin Zhao, Germantown, MD (US);
Daniel L. Alkon, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Wei-Qin Zhao, Germantown, MD (US);
Daniel L. Alkon, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
Blanchett Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, Morgantown, WV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/6896 (2013.01); G01N 2333/4709 (2013.01); G01N 2500/00 (2013.01); G01N 2800/2821 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in a patient comprises determining whether the phosphorylation level of an indicator protein in cells of the patient after stimulus with an activator compound is abnormally elevated as compared to a basal phosphorylation level, the indicator protein being e.g. Erk1/2 and the activator compound being e.g. bradykinin.