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Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017

Filed:

May. 05, 2015
Applicant:

Tel Hashomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd., Ramat-Gan, IL;

Inventors:

Anat Achiron, Tel-Aviv, IL;

Michael Gurevich, Rechovot, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/11 (2006.01); C12N 15/12 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/112 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/136 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/166 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are methods and kits for classifying a subject as being more likely to have benign multiple sclerosis (BMS) or as being more likely to have typical relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Classification of multiple sclerosis disease course is performed by comparing a level of expression of at least one gene involved in the RNA polymerase I pathway in a cell of the subject to a reference expression data of said at least one gene obtained from a cell of at least one subject pre-diagnosed as having BMS and/or from a cell of at least one subject pre-diagnosed as having typical RRMS, thereby classifying the subject as being more likely to have BMS or as being more likely to have typical RRMS. Also provided are methods of diagnosing and treating multiple sclerosis and methods of monitoring treatment efficiency.


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