Compositions and methods are provided for diagnosis and/or prognosis of acute kidney injury risk following medical procedures in a subject. In some embodiments, the method includes measuring and comparing the level of particular proteins to other proteins. In other embodiments, the method includes measuring proteins levels with clinical variable information and comparing this composite with the composite of other protein levels with clinical variable information.

A method of assessing the risk for development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) or an inflammatory disease in a patient comprises (i) incubating a sample of body fluid with donor particles, wherein the donor particles are coated with a lipid and a first quantity of detectably labeled, non-exchangeable lipid probe (NELP); (ii) separating the detectably labeled NELP-associated HDL into a first portion and the donor particles into a second portion; (iii) measuring the second quantity of detectably labeled NELP in the first portion; (iv) determining a detectably labeled NELP efflux value for the patient; and (v) comparing the detectably labeled NELP efflux value for the patient to a reference standard. Related methods of lowering the risk for development of CVD or an inflammatory disease in a patient and methods of measuring the quantity of functional HDL in a sample of body fluid are also provided.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a simple and highly accurate method for detecting pancreatic exocrine dysfunction with minimal invasiveness to a subject. The method comprising in vitro measurement of two APOA2 protein variants, mutants thereof and/or fragments thereof in a body fluid sample derived from the subject and detection of the presence or absence of pancreatic exocrine dysfunction on the basis of the measured amounts, and a detection kit for pancreatic exocrine dysfunction including antibodies that can specifically bind to said proteins are provided.

A method of determining a health status of an individual, the method comprising the steps of assaying a biological sample from the individual for the expression of at least genes, or proteins encoded by said genes, wherein the at least three genes are selected from SAA, CRP, Hp and MxA, wherein the expression of the at least three genes, or the proteins encoded by said genes, above or below a specified threshold level correlates with the health status of the individual.

The invention relates to a combination of biomarkers and their use in brain injury or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) detection. The invention also relates to methods of treating the individual diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) using such biomarkers.

The present invention provides a method for detecting biliary tract cancer by measuring the amounts of APOA2 protein variants in a test sample with anti-APOA2 antibodies, the anti-APOA2 antibodies for use in the above method and a detection kit for biliary tract cancer including the above antibodies.

The disclosure provides methods and compositions for detection and differentiation of stable CKD and progressive CKD in mammals.

Disclosed is a method for measuring sterol in lipoprotein, comprising: forming a complex by contacting lipoprotein in a sample, a tagged sterol, and a first capture body that specifically binds to the tag and has a labeling substance with each other, the complex comprising the lipoprotein comprising the tagged sterol and the first capture body; and detecting a signal generated by the labeling substance comprised in the complex, wherein in the tagged sterol, the tag is added to C3 position of a sterol skeleton.

The present invention provides a method for detecting biliary tract cancer by measuring the amounts of APOA2 protein variants in a test sample with anti-APOA2 antibodies, the anti-APOA2 antibodies for use in the above method and a detection kit for biliary tract cancer including the above antibodies.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a simple and highly accurate method for detecting pancreatic exocrine dysfunction with minimal invasiveness to a subject. The method comprising in vitro measurement of two APOA2 protein variants, mutants thereof and/or fragments thereof in a body fluid sample derived from the subject and detection of the presence or absence of pancreatic exocrine dysfunction on the basis of the measured amounts, and a detection kit for pancreatic exocrine dysfunction including antibodies that can specifically bind to said proteins are provided.