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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Jay W. Heinecke, Seattle, WA (US);
John F. Oram, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jay W. Heinecke, Seattle, WA (US);
John F. Oram, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to diagnostic tests, methods and kits that are useful to assess a subject's risk of developing a pathologic condition related in part to the presence of HDL oxidation product. Measuring the quantity of one or more HDL oxidation products present in the blood is useful in evaluating risk for developing or evaluating the severity of a disease or evaluating response to treatment for such a disease as, for instance, cardiovascular disease.