摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for detecting a predisposition to severe fibrosis and/or prognosing fibrosis progression to a severe stage of a subject in need thereof, comprising detecting at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in SMAD3 gene and at least one SNP in BMP7 gene, in a biological sample of said subject, wherein the presence of at least one SNP in SMAD3 gene and at least one SNP in BMP7 gene are indicative of a predisposition to severe fibrosis or to progress to severe fibrosis.
摘要:
The present invention discloses the identification of a fibrosis susceptibility gene locus, the IL22RA2 gene locus, which can be used for detecting predisposition to, diagnosis and prognosis of fibrosis as well as for the screening of therapeutically active drugs. The invention further provides a method for determining the likelihood of a patient affected with a viral infection to respond to a treatment with an antiviral agent and/or an interferon, which method comprises determining alteration in IL22RA2 gene locus or in IL22RA2 expression or IL22RA2 protein activity in a biological sample of the patient.