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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2004
Robert J. Schwartz, Houston, TX (US);
Lei Wei, Pearland, TX (US);
Jiang Chang, Houston, TX (US);
Mark Entman, Houston, TX (US);
Robert J. Schwartz, Houston, TX (US);
Lei Wei, Pearland, TX (US);
Jiang Chang, Houston, TX (US);
Mark Entman, Houston, TX (US);
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to the cleavage of serum response factor as it relates to cardiac disease. In specific embodiments, failing cardiac tissue is diagnosed in tissues comprising elevated cleavage of serum response factor. In further specific embodiments, heart failure is associated with cardiac myocyte apoptosis as a result of an increase in cleaved serum response factor, particularly by caspases.
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