Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte antigen-4 or interleukin-10 polymorphisms as predictors of response to therapeutic intervention

摘要

A composition and process are provided for predicting the responsiveness of an individual to therapy for a pathological condition is based on detecting nucleic acid allele sequences in an interleukin-10 regulatory region or cytotoxic t-lymphocyte antigen-4 promoter or exon region of the individual. The detected nucleic acid allele is then associated with the level of therapeutic responsiveness to a pathological condition based upon genotype. Comparison across multiple alleles and regions improves the predictive nature of the process.