USE OF CATHEPSIN S IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS
摘要
Cathepsin S expression is up-regulated in endometriotic tissue. This invention provides methods of diagnosing endometriosis by detecting up-regulation of a cathepsin S gene product, and methods of treating endometriosis by down-regulating expression of cathepsin S in ectopic or eutopic endometriotic tissue.
申请公布号
WO9963115(A3)
申请公布日期
2000.01.27
申请号
WO1999US12335
申请日期
1999.06.03
申请人
REPROGEN, INC.;SCHNEIDER, PATRICK;YAMAMOTO, KAREN, K.;FRENCH, CYNTHIA, K.
发明人
SCHNEIDER, PATRICK;YAMAMOTO, KAREN, K.;FRENCH, CYNTHIA, K.