Method of Using Cytokine Assays to Diagnose, Treat, and Evaluate Inflammatory Disease
AssigneesOklahoma Medical Research Foundation, The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
InventorsCherie M. Chappell, Michael B. Centola, Philip J. Alex, Kenneth Hensley
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or evaluating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases by sampling peripheral blood, serum, plasma, tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, or other bodily fluids from a human subject having a suspected diagnosis. The sample is analyzed for the presence and amount of certain cytokines, which provides the diagnosis, prognosis or evaluation of therapeutic response.
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A method for assessing treatment for an inflammatory or autoimmune disease state comprising:
- (a) subjecting an inflammatory or autoimmune disease state patient to a treatment;
- (b) obtaining a sample from said patient;
- (c) measuring the level of a plurality of cytokines within the patient sample;
- (d) comparing the level of a plurality of cytokines with predefined cytokine levels;
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- (e) determining if the treatment is efficacious.
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