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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2013
Icahn School of Medicine AT Mount Sinai, New York, NY (US);
Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, AU;
Western Sydney Local Health District, Westmead, AU;
Barbara Murphy, Pelham Manor, NY (US);
Philip J. O'Connell, Sydney, AU;
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (US);
Westmead Institure For Medical Research, Westmead, AU;
Western Sydney Local Health District, Westmead, AU;
Abstract
A method for identifying a kidney transplant recipient at an increased risk of developing interstitial fibrosis or tubular atrophy which comprises obtaining a post-transplant urine sample from the kidney transplant recipient; measuring the level of clusterin in the urine sample; comparing the level of clusterin in the patient sample to the level of clusterin in a control sample from the urine of a non-fibrotic kidney transplant recipient; diagnosing a kidney transplant recipient with a clusterin level that is significantly higher than the clusterin level in the control as being at an increased risk of developing interstitial fibrosis or tubular atrophy.