Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for diagnosing hepatic fibrosis
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Application No.: US15305598Application Date: 2015-04-23
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Publication No.: US10337069B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Michael Courtney , Benjamin Lelouvier , Massimo Federici , Jose Manuel Fernandez-Real , Sandrine Païssé
- Applicant: VAIOMER , Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata , FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIÓ BIOMÈDICA DE GIRONA DR. JOSEP TRUETA
- Applicant Address: FR Labege IT Rome IT Girona
- Assignee: VAIOMER,UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA,FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIÓ BIOMÈDICA DE GIRONA DR. JOSEP TRUETA
- Current Assignee: VAIOMER,UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA,FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIÓ BIOMÈDICA DE GIRONA DR. JOSEP TRUETA
- Current Assignee Address: FR Labege IT Rome IT Girona
- Agency: Stites & Harbison, PLLC
- Agent B. Aaron Schulman, Esq.
- Priority: EP14305597 20140423
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/058772 WO 20150423
- International Announcement: WO2015/162200 WO 20151029
- Main IPC: C12Q1/68
- IPC: C12Q1/68 ; C12Q1/6883 ; C12Q1/689

Abstract:
The present invention concerns methods, in particular in vitro methods, for diagnosing liver fibrosis in a subject suffering from obesity, or for selecting a subject suffering from obesity for liver biopsy or for treatment. The present invention also pertains to methods for screening a probiotic, a prebiotic, a chemical compound or a biological compound suitable for preventing and/or treating liver fibrosis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170044612A1 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING HEPATIC FIBROSIS Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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