Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Diagnosis and treatment of autism using CD38
- Patent Title (中): 使用CD38诊断和治疗孤独症
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Application No.: US12312505Application Date: 2007-11-15
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Publication No.: US08222004B2Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Haruhiro Higashida
- Applicant: Haruhiro Higashida
- Applicant Address: JP Ishikawa JP Miyagi
- Assignee: National University Corporation Kanazawa University,Tohoku University
- Current Assignee: National University Corporation Kanazawa University,Tohoku University
- Current Assignee Address: JP Ishikawa JP Miyagi
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2006-308920 20061115; JP2006-339054 20061215
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/072603 WO 20071115
- International Announcement: WO2008/059991 WO 20080522
- Main IPC: C12P19/34
- IPC: C12P19/34

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for screening a pharmaceutical for treating or preventing a neurodevelopmental disorder or a psychiatric disorder accompanied by an abnormality of oxytocin system by using an increase in expression or enzymatic activity of CD38 as an index, and a diagnosis of a predisposition to a neurodevelopmental disorder or a psychiatric disorder accompanied by an abnormality of oxytocin system by using a mutation present in a CD38 gene region as an index.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110030070A1 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AUTISM USING CD38 Public/Granted day:2011-02-03
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