Inventors:
David E. COMINGS - Duarte CA, US
James P. MacMurray - Loma Linda CA, US
Nunzio Bottini - San Diego CA, US
International Classification:
C12N 15/87, C07H 21/02
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.