DAVID HICKS,THIERRY LÉVEILLARD,SADDEK MOHAND-SAID,JOSÉ ALAIN SAHEL
申请号:
PL36468102
公开号:
PL213658B1
申请日:
2002.04.05
申请国别(地区):
PL
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
Disclosed are methods and compositions for early diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of retinal dystrophy, age-related macular degeneration, Bardet-Biedel syndrome, Bassen-kornzweig syndrome, best disease, chroidema, gyrate atrophy, congenital amourosis, refsun syndrome, stargardt disease and Usher syndrome. In particular, the invention relates to a protein, termed 2Rdcvf1,&rdquo that is differentially transcribed and expressed in subjects suffering from retinal dystrophies and the like, such as retinal dystrophy and age-related macular degeneration compared with non-sufferers, antibodies which recongnize this protein, and methods for diagnosing such conditions.