Patent ID: 11927590
Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of identifying a therapeutic composition effective for treating a condition caused by increased levels of exosomes released from retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells, said method comprising:
a. artificially inducing exosome release from cultured RPE cells;
b. incubating the cultured RPE cells from a) with a therapeutic composition, wherein the cultured RPE cells incubated with the therapeutic composition continue to release exosomes; and
c. measuring a level of exosomes released from the cultured RPE cells incubated with the therapeutic composition;
wherein if the level of exosomes released from the cultured RPE cells incubated with the therapeutic composition is lower than a predetermined threshold, then the therapeutic composition is identified as being effective for treating the condition.