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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2010
Applicants:
David E. Comings, Duarte, CA (US);
James P. Macmurray, Loma Linda, CA (US);
Nunzio Bottini, La Jolla, CA (US);
Inventors:
David E. Comings, Duarte, CA (US);
James P. MacMurray, Loma Linda, CA (US);
Nunzio Bottini, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 48/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The ACP1 *A allele provides a means for diagnosing susceptibility of a human subject to hyperlipidemia, especially hyperlipidemia associated with metabolic syndrome, a means for treating, or preventing the onset of, hyperlipidemia and metabolic syndrome, and a means for screening and identifying drugs suitable for use in treating or preventing hyperlipidemia, especially hyperlipidemia associated with metabolic syndrome. Diagnostic kits are also provided.