Method for diagnosing and treating acute joint injury
US7709215B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 1, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2800/104
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides methods, reagents and kits for diagnosing and/or for the prognosis of non-autoimmune acute joint inflammation by detecting cytokine biomarkers in a sample obtained from an individual thought to be suffering from joint injury. The cytokine biomarkers used with the methods and kits of the present invention are IL-6, MIP-1β, MCP1 and IFNγ.
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