Patent ID: 8748352

Claim:
A method of detecting peptides in a human blood sample, comprising: determining a quantity of at least eight peptides selected from the group consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 23, 24, 25, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52 in the blood sample obtained from the human, wherein at least one of the eight peptides consists of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 25, 38, 39, 40, or 50; and comparing the quantity of the at least eight peptides to a control representing expression for each of the at least eight peptides expected in a subject who does not have type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM); and determining if there is differential expression of the at least eight peptides between the blood sample and the control.