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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2009
Nabil G. Seidah, Verdun, CA;
Gaétan Mayer, Montreal, CA;
Steve Poirier, Montreal, CA;
Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
A method for identifying a compound for preventing or treating a LDLR-associated disease, a VLDLR-associated disease or an ApoER2-associated disease, said method comprising determining whether: a) a level of expression of Annexin A2 nucleic acid or encoded polypeptide; b) a level of Annexin A2 activity; or c) a combination of a) and b), is increased in the presence of a test compound relative to in the absence of said test compound, wherein said increase is indicative that said test compound can be used for preventing or treating a LDLR-associated disease, a VLDLR-associated disease, an ApoER2-associated disease.