Nucleic acid array
First Claim
1. Tools for diagnostic, prognostic and therapy-monitoring analysis as well as for performing screenings for pharmacologically active substances and substance classes of rheumatoid arthritis, chronic inflammatory diseases, bacteria-induced chronic inflammatory diseases, arteriosclerosis, tumors, organ and tissue transplantations, and sepsis, characterized in that sequences of a selection of the selective monocyte-macrophage genes listed in Table 1 and/or Table 2 or sequences of all genes listed in Table 1 and/or Table 2 are bonded to the surface of said tool or that RNA complementary to the genes listed is bonded to the surface of said tool.
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Abstract
It is proposed to use selectioned monocyte macrophage genes to provide tools for diagnostic, prognostic and therapy-monitoring analysis and for performing screenings for pharmacologically active substances and substance classes of chronic inflammatory diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases induced by bacteria, arteriosclerosis, tumors, organ and tissue transplantations, and sepsis when examining blood, tissue, purified or cultivated cells.
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1. Tools for diagnostic, prognostic and therapy-monitoring analysis as well as for performing screenings for pharmacologically active substances and substance classes of rheumatoid arthritis, chronic inflammatory diseases, bacteria-induced chronic inflammatory diseases, arteriosclerosis, tumors, organ and tissue transplantations, and sepsis,
characterized in that sequences of a selection of the selective monocyte-macrophage genes listed in Table 1 and/or Table 2 or sequences of all genes listed in Table 1 and/or Table 2 are bonded to the surface of said tool or that RNA complementary to the genes listed is bonded to the surface of said tool.
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