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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Comprehensive Biomarker Center Gmbh, Heidelberg, DE;
Inventors:
Andreas Keller, Puettlingen, DE;
Eckart Meese, Huetschenhausen, DE;
Anne Borries, Heidelberg, DE;
Markus Beier, Weinheim, DE;
Assignee:
Comprehensive Biomarker Center GmbH, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); A61N 5/10 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/112 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/178 (2013.01);
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNA) are a recently discovered class of small non-coding RNAs (17-14 nucleotides). Due to their function as regulators of gene expression they play a critical role both in physiological and in pathological processes, such as cancer. The present invention provides novel methods for diagnosing a state of health based on the determination of specific miRNAs that have altered expression levels in different conditions, e.g. disease states compared to healthy controls.