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US 2006/0141500 A1Published application
Methods and compounds for the diagnosis of inflammatory disease and identification of pharmacological agents useful in the treatment of inflammatory disease
AssigneeBoehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
InventorsJun Li, Xiang Li, Randall Barton
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Abstract
Methods for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel diseases and the identification of agents useful in the treatment of such diseases based upon the agent's effect on reducing Pim-2 expression.
Claims5
A method for detecting or diagnosing an inflammatory disease state using a tissue sample obtained from a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) measuring a parameter indicative of the level of Pim-2 mRNA, in the tissue sample of the patient;
- (b) determining any difference in the measurement of said parameter in the tissue sample of the patient as compared to the measurement of said parameter in comparable tissue sample(s) obtained from one or more patients lacking the inflammatory disease state.
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