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  • Method for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases
    Patent number: 8071297
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for the in vitro or in vivo diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases, in particular high blood pressure, stenosis, vessel occlusion and/or other thrombotic events, wherein the nucleotide at position 950 of a nucleic acid coding for the human ARK2 protein or the amino acid at position 298 of the human ARK2 protein of a sample of a person is determined as well as to the use of ARK2 for the development and/or production of a medicament for treating a cardiovascular disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Detlef Kozian, Matthias Herrmann, Thomas Leeuw, Wilfried Renner, Winfried Maerz