Patent ID: 8658375
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07K,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of diagnosing Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in a human subject, the method comprising: (a) contacting a serum sample obtained from the subject with an SR-B1 antigen so as to form immune complexes with human anti-SR-B1 auto-antibodies in said sample, (b) detecting anti-SR-B1 immune complexes in said serum sample, and (c) determining the level of anti SR-B1 auto-antibodies in said serum sample, wherein an anti-SR-B1 auto-antibody level above a predetermined threshold of said human anti SR-B1 auto-antibodies in said serum sample is indicative of the IBD in the subject.