Inventors:
Francis G. Spinale - Blythewood SC, US
Michael R. Zile - Charleston SC, US
Robert E. Stoud - Mount Pleasant SC, US
John S. Ikonomidis - Mount Pleasant SC, US
Jeffrey A. Jones - Charleston SC, US
Assignee:
Medical University of South Carolina - Charleston SC
International Classification:
C12Q 1/68
Abstract:
Disclosed are methods and materials for assessing cardiac disease, including cardiac failure, cardiac hypertrophy, thoracic aortic aneurysm, left ventricular remodeling using microRNA levels. The level of microRNAs can be measured in a body fluid, such as plasma and serum, or in cardiac tissue.