Takayasu arteritis diagnostic marker

Serum markers appearing in patients with Takayasu arteritis

Overview

Conventionally, diagnosis of Takayasu's arteritis has been made by angiography, etc., and a simple method for diagnosis by blood or other means has not been established. The inventors have identified two types of anti-vascular endothelial antibodies (AECA) that appear in patients with Takayasu's arteritis. These antibodies are considered useful as diagnostic markers for Takayasu's arteritis.

Features・Outstandings

Product Application

・Diagnostic Drug

Related Works

[1]NATURE COMMUNICATIONS(2020) 11:1253

IP Data

IP No.　 ： 7006926
Inventor ： Tsuyoshi Shirai, Hiroshi Fujii,Tomonori Ishii, Hideo Harigae
keyword ： Medical drug(including research tools)