METHOD FOR EXAMINING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE USING WHOLE BLOOD

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new index and a method for examination for diagnosis and prediction of morbid states of autoimmune diseases, especially JIA (juvenile idiopathic arthritis). PSOLUTION: The method for examining the autoimmune diseases is carried out by measuring the expression level of a gene expression in a peripheral blood cell. The method comprises a step of extracting the whole RNA from the whole blood of a subject and a step of measuring the expression level of the gene in the whole RNA. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT