Patent ID: 11905561
Assignee: KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  A | IPC A  C

Claim 0:
1. A method for detecting pulmonary fibrosis in a human subject, comprising:
detecting in a biological sample from the human subject a mutant S100A13 polynucleotide that comprises nucleotides 774 to 1046 of SEQ ID NO: 15, and
administering a wild-type S100A13 protein of SEQ ID NO: 14 via a pulmonary route into the lungs of the human subject in which the mutant S100A13 has been detected and who has pulmonary fibrosis, and/or administering a drug that reduces inflammation or oxidative stress in the pulmonary system of the subject.