UNIVERSITY OF EXETER;QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON;KING'S COLEGE LONDON
发明人:
Ahuva Nissim,David Perrett,Paul G. Winyard,Valerie M. Corrigall,Gabriel S. Panayi
申请号：
US14765863
公开号：
US20150377907A1
申请日:
2014.02.05
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
The present invention provides a method of diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), comprising: testing a sample from a subject for the presence or absence of antibodies against oxidised collagen II； wherein the presence of antibodies against oxidised collagen II in the sample is indicative of RA in the subject. The present invention also provides a method for identifying whether a subject responds to a disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) and related methods of treating RA, a method for identifying whether a subject responds to an anti-TNF biologic and related methods of treating RA, and a method of diagnosing osteoarthritis (OA).
