Use of cathepsin S in the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis
US6387629B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 26, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 14, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 26, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2800/364
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Cathepsin S expression is up-regulated in endometriotic tissue. This invention provides methods of diagnosing endometriosis by detecting up-regulation of a cathepsin S gene product, and methods of treating endometriosis by down-regulating expression of cathepsin S in ectopic or eutopic endometriotic tissue.
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