IP Library Granted Patent US 8,362,224
Granted Patent B2
US 8,362,224 · App. 12/520,515 · Granted Jan 29, 2013

Screening for CD93 (C1qRp)-associated polymorphism(S) in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of autoimmune diseases

Inventors: Hooman Noorchashm (Narberth, PA); Ali Naji (North Wales, PA)
Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
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Patent No.
US 8,362,224
App. No.
12/520,515
Granted
Jan 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention is directed to a marker gene for autoimmune disease. Specifically, the invention is directed to the use of a polymorph of CD93 in methods and compositions for the detection, prognosis and therapy of Type I Diabetes and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Claims (4)

1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a mutated CD93 protein consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4.

2. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 1 , wherein said nucleic acid has a nucleotide sequence consisting of the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3.

3. A vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 .

4. A vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 , operably linked to a transcriptional promoter.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Dec 20, 2018
From: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 048965/0117 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2009
From: NOORCHASHM, HOOMAN; NAJI, ALI
To: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Reel/Frame 023718/0649 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 60875556 · Dec 19, 2006
Provisional Application 60905573 · Mar 8, 2007
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