Abstract
This invention relates to predicting a subject's responsiveness to biologic therapy of rheumatoid arthritis. The invention provides a method for predicting responsiveness to anti- tumour necrosis factor therapy of rheumatoid arthritis in a subject, the method comprising the steps of: (a) Providing a biological sample; (b) detecting the presence, absence, or quantitative level of a first marker or an expression product thereof, wherein the first marker is at the HLA DRB1 gene; (c) detecting the presence, absence, or quantitative level of a second marker, or an expression product thereof, wherein the second marker is at the CD226 gene; (d) correlating the presence, absence, or quantitative level of the first marker and the presence, absence, or quantitative level of the second marker; to the predicted responsiveness to anti- tumour necrosis factor therapy of rheumatoid arthritis in the subject.
Original language | English |
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Patent number | WO2021234172A1 |
IPC | C12Q1/6883 |
Priority date | 22/05/20 |
Filing date | 21/05/20 |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 25 Nov 2021 |