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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2014
Applicant:

Augusta University Research Institute, Inc., Augusta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Babak Baban, Augusta, GA (US);

Mahmood Mozaffari, Martinez, GA (US);

Rafik Abdelsayed, Augusta, GA (US);

Jun Yao Liu, Augusta, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); A61K 38/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/5008 (2013.01); A61K 38/18 (2013.01); G01N 2500/04 (2013.01); G01N 2800/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for detection and diagnosis of Sjögren's Syndrome in a subject, determining the stage or progression of Sjögren's Syndrome in a subject, determining the effectiveness of a treatment for Sjögren's Syndrome, and selecting a subject for treatment for Sjögren's Syndrome are disclosed. The methods typically include measuring the level of one or more Sjögren's Syndrome biomarkers in a biological sample obtained from a subject. Biomarkers for Sjögren's Syndrome include, but are not limited to, GADD153 and Del-1.


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