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Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2019
Applicant:

Aston University, West Midlands, GB;

Inventors:

Asif Ahmed, West Midlands, GB;

Keqing Wang, West Midlands, GB;

Shakil Ahmad, Birmingham, GB;

Assignee:

ASTON UNIVERSITY, Birmingham, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/198 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/198 (2013.01); G01N 33/689 (2013.01); G01N 2800/368 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention provides a method of diagnosis or prognosis of preeclampsia in a pregnant subject, comprising providing a sample from a pregnant subject and measuring the ratio between the amount of (a) one or both of sFlt-1 and PlGF, and (b) one or both of a breakdown product of heme and a breakdown product of arginine, in the sample. Also described are assay kits and a computer adapted for use in the method. Also described is a method of treating preeclampsia, comprising administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of L-arginine and/or citrulline and an inhibitor of arginase or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also described is a method of treating cancer, comprising treating a subject with a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-VEGF compound, L-arginine and an arginase inhibitor.


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