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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
William W. Kwok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Erik Wambre, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); A61K 39/35 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/56977 (2013.01); A61K 39/35 (2013.01); G01N 33/56972 (2013.01); G01N 33/6893 (2013.01); G01N 2333/70514 (2013.01); G01N 2333/70596 (2013.01); G01N 2333/726 (2013.01); G01N 2800/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein are methods of detecting and/or monitoring the presence or severity of an immune disorder in a subject, including detecting a frequency of a Th2a subset of CD4+ T cells in a biological sample of the subject. In some embodiments, the detecting includes: (a) detecting a frequency of CD4+ T cells in a biological sample of said subject; (b) detecting a frequency of a Th2a subset of the CD4+ T cells in the biological sample; and (c) comparing the frequency of the Th2a subset with the frequency of the CD4+ T cells.