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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2015
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, JP;
Takeshi Sakamoto, Asaka, JP;
Hiroko Hanzawa, Tokorozawa, JP;
Naomi Manri, Kawagoe, JP;
Yuji Kuge, Sapporo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Sapporo-shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and a means for evaluating atherosclerotic lesions by identifying a protein (marker protein) group, the expression level of which varies according to the progression of the atherosclerotic lesion, and using the proteins. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for evaluating atherosclerotic lesions, comprising the steps of detecting a marker protein exhibiting an expression pattern (expression variation) characteristic at a specific disease stage of atherosclerotic lesions in a subject, and evaluating the atherosclerotic lesions in the subject based on the detection result.