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Uses of aldose-1-epimerase (mutarotase) for diagnosis and therapy of inflammatory diseases and sepsis

US7157081B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

B.R.A.H.M.S GMBH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Bergmann · Berlin, DE
Joachim Struck · Berlin, DE
Monika Uhlein · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 29, 2002
Grant date	Jan 2, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 29, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2800/26
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Uses of aldose 1-epimerase (SEQ ID NO:3) from body fluids or body tissues in human and veterinary medicine as a marker peptide for diagnosis, for prognosis of the course and for monitoring of the course of inflammations and infections and/or as a target for therapeutically influencing the course of inflammations and/or infections.

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