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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
Applicants:
Catherine Baty, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert Ferrell, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David Finegold, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Catherine Baty, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert Ferrell, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David Finegold, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/112 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are provided for identifying risk of developing lymphedema, including primary and secondary edema. The methods comprise identifying the presence in a biological sample of a polymorphism in one or more of GJA4, GJA5 and GJC2, resulting in a functional mutation of one or more of connixin 37 (Cx37), Cx40 or Cx47.