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Exosomal biomarkers diagnostic of tuberculosis

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posted on 2022-01-16, 00:00 authored by Jeffrey S. Schorey, Prachi Pratap Singh, Yong Cheng
The disclosure provides a method for diagnosing an active mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by detecting certain RNA biomarkers present in secreted extracellular vesicles isolated from a bodily fluid. The RNA biomarkers in the secreted extracellular vesicles may include a certain mycobacterium RNAs as well as certain host cell RNAs. Also provided is an RNA signature of certain mycobacterium and host cell RNA present in secreted extracellular vesicles indicative of an active tuberculosis infection.

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Patent Number

US 10526665 B2

Other Application

15/449,324

Inventor

Jeffrey S. Schorey Prachi Pratap Singh Yong Cheng

Inventor from Local Institution

Jeffrey S. Schorey Prachi Pratap Singh Yong Cheng

Assignee

University of Notre Dame du Lac

Date Modified

2022-02-04

Language

  • English

Claims

20

Prior Publication Number

US 2017/0253916 A1

Cooperative Patent Classification Codes

C12Q 1/6883 (20130101); C12Q 1/689 (20130101); C12Q 2600/158 (20130101)

Contributor

Jeffrey S. Schorey|Prachi Pratap Singh|Yong Cheng

International Patent Classification Codes

C12Q 1/68 (20180101); C12Q 1/689 (20180101)

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