Transcriptomic index for characterizing the cellular repair response after soft tissue injury in diarthrodial joints
US9994903B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 8, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Q2600/16
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
One aspect of the Invention provides methods for classifying the quality of a repair response after injury to a joint of a subject. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a tissue sample from the injured region of the joint and determining expression levels in the sample of a plurality of genes, including at least those genes listed in Table 1, Table 2 and Table 3, Another aspect of the Invention provides methods of treating a human or veterinary subject having an injury to a joint based on the classification of the quality of the repair response.
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