Patent ID: 11918610
Assignee: VIKTOR VENIAMINOVICH TETS
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  C  G  Y | IPC A  C

Claim 0:
1. A method for determining susceptibility to type 1 diabetes (T1D) in a mammal, said method comprising:
a) determining the level of amyloid-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria in gastrointestinal microbiota of the mammal,
b) comparing the level determined in step (a) to a corresponding control level in mammal(s) from an age-matched and/or gender-matched reference population, and
c) determining that the mammal is susceptible to T1D, when the level of said amyloid-producing E. coli bacteria in gastrointestinal microbiota of the mammal is increased as compared to the control level.