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

Claim 9:
10. A method for determining susceptibility to type 1 diabetes (T1D) in a mammal, said method comprising:
a) determining the amount of T1D-associated microbial product (T1DAMP) in feces, saliva, blood, Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and/or tissue(s) from the mammal,
b) comparing the amount of T1DAMP determined in step (a) to a corresponding control amount in mammals from an age-matched and/or gender-matched reference population, and
c) determining that the mammal is susceptible to T1D, when the amount of T1DAMP determined in step (a) is increased as compared to the control amount.