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detecting the level of a PINCH protein in a test sample comprising brain tissue or cerebrospinal fluid from a subject afflicted with a tauopathy-related neurodegenerative disease;\n
comparing said level of said PINCH protein in said test sample with the level of said PINCH protein in at least one control sample;\n
wherein the level of said PINCH protein in the test sample as compared to the level in the control sample indicates the relative severity of the tauopathy-related neurodegenerative disease afflicting the subject."],"number":1,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 1, wherein the control sample comprises a sample from a normal subject."],"number":2,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 1, wherein the control sample comprises a sample from a subject afflicted with a tauopathy-related neurodegenerative disease."],"number":3,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 1, wherein the control sample comprises a reference sample of known PINCH protein level."],"number":4,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 1, wherein the level of said PINCH protein in said test sample is compared with the level of said PINCH protein in a panel of control samples comprising varying levels of said PINCH protein, and determining the severity of the tauopathy-related neurodegenerative disease in said subject from a comparison of said PINCH protein level in the test sample and control samples."],"number":5,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["A method of monitoring the progression of a tauopathy-related neurodegenerative disease in a subject, said method comprising:\n
obtaining a first test sample comprising brain tissue or cerebrospinal fluid from a subject afflicted with a tauopathy-related neurodegenerative disease at a first time point and a second test sample comprising brain tissue or cerebrospinal fluid from said subject at a second time point;\n
detecting the level of a PINCH protein from said first and second test samples; and\n
comparing the level of said PINCH protein determined in said first test sample to the level of said PINCH protein from said second test sample, wherein an elevated level, decreased or unchanged level of said PINCH protein in said second test sample relative to the level of said PINCH protein in said first sample is an indication that the a tauopathy-related neurodegenerative disease has worsened, diminished or remained unchanged in said subject."],"number":6,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 1, wherein the PINCH protein comprises total PINCH protein."],"number":7,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 1, wherein the PINCH protein comprises insoluble PINCH protein."],"number":8,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 1, wherein the PINCH protein comprises a PINCH protein isoform."],"number":9,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 9, wherein the PINCH isoform is a post-translationally modified PINCH protein."],"number":10,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 10, wherein the PINCH protein isoform has a molecular weight of about 37 kDA."],"number":11,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the levels of PINCH protein is by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Western Blot analysis, immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescent assay, radioimmunoassay, chemiluminescent assay, flow cytometry, immunocytochemistry, mass spectrometry, two dimensional electrophoresis, or any combination thereof."],"number":12,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 1 wherein the test sample comprises brain tissue or cerebrospinal fluid."],"number":13,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["(canceled)"],"number":14,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 1 wherein the tauopathy-related neurodegenerative disease is Alzheimer's Disease, frontotemporal dementia or HIV encephalitis."],"number":15,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["(canceled)"],"number":16,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["(canceled)"],"number":17,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["A method for determining disease severity in a subject afflicted with a disease condition comprising:\n
detecting the level of a PINCH protein isoform in a test sample from a subject afflicted with a disease;\n
comparing said level of said PINCH protein isoform in said test sample with the level of said PINCH protein isoform in at least one control sample;\n
wherein the level of said PINCH protein isoform in the test sample as compared to the level in the control sample indicates the relative severity of the disease condition afflicting the subject."],"number":18,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 18, wherein the disease condition is selected from the group consisting of neurodegenerative diseases, multiple sclerosis, cancer, epilepsy, renal failure, cardiomyopathy and tumorigenesis."],"number":19,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 18, wherein the PINCH isoform is a post-translationally modified PINCH protein."],"number":20,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 18, wherein the PINCH isoform has a molecular weight of about 37 kDA."],"number":21,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 18, wherein determining the level of PINCH protein is by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Western Blot analysis, immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescent assay, radioimmunoassay, chemiluminescent assay, flow cytometry, immunocytochemistry, mass spectrometry, two dimensional electrophoresis, or any combination thereof."],"number":22,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 9 wherein detecting said PINCH protein isoform comprises subjecting said test sample to two dimensional electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing to separate PINCH protein isoforms in said sample."],"number":23,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 23, wherein the level of said PINCH protein isoform(s) is determined by MALDI/TOF mass spectroscopy."],"number":24,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 18 wherein detecting said PINCH protein isoform comprises subjecting said test sample to two dimensional electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing to separate PINCH protein isoforms in said sample."],"number":25,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true},{"lines":["The method according to claim 25, wherein the level of said PINCH protein isoform(s) is determined by MALDI/TOF mass spectroscopy."],"number":26,"annotation":false,"title":false,"claim":true}]}},"filters":{"npl":[],"notNpl":[],"applicant":[],"notApplicant":[],"inventor":[],"notInventor":[],"owner":[],"notOwner":[],"tags":[],"dates":[],"types":[],"notTypes":[],"j":[],"notJ":[],"fj":[],"notFj":[],"classIpcr":[],"notClassIpcr":[],"classNat":[],"notClassNat":[],"classCpc":[],"notClassCpc":[],"so":[],"notSo":[],"sat":[]},"sequenceFilters":{"s":"SEQIDNO","d":"ASCENDING","p":0,"n":10,"sp":[],"si":[],"len":[],"t":[],"loc":[]}}