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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2003
Dulce Elena Casarini, São Paulo, BR;
Odair Marson, São Paulo, BR;
Frida Liane Plavnik, São Paulo, BR;
José Eduardo Krieger, São Paulo, BR;
Dulce Elena Casarini, São Paulo, BR;
Odair Marson, São Paulo, BR;
Frida Liane Plavnik, São Paulo, BR;
José Eduardo Krieger, São Paulo, BR;
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, BR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of identification and quantification of proteins, isoforms of angiotensin I converting enzymes (ACE), 190-kDa, specially of 90kDa in tissues, cells and biological fluids, specially in urine, genetic marker and prognostic agent of hypertension and primary or secondary renal lesion and kit for using in the diagnosis, risk stratification and therapeutical decision in arterial hypertension. One the aims of the present invention is to check the potential of the 90 kDa isoform as a hypertension genetic marker isoform and as a prognostic for hypertension.