The present invention relates to a method for prediction of response to cardiovascular regeneration comprising the use of biomarkers. Further, the present invention relates to a combination of the biomarkers for use in a method for prediction of response to cardiovascular regeneration, a computer device to perform a method according to the present invention and a device adapted for carrying out the inventive method.

The present invention pertains to: a marker composition for diagnosing atherosclerosis severity; a composition for diagnosing atherosclerosis severity; an atherosclerosis severity diagnosis kit including the composition; a method for screening substances for preventing or treating atherosclerosis; and a method for providing information about a diagnosis of atherosclerosis severity, wherein LGI3 expression or activity levels are used. According to the present invention, the severity of atherosclerosis can be diagnosed or predicted, and personalized medicine and predictive medicine can be practiced using such information. Moreover, the present invention can treat atherosclerosis without affecting other metabolic phenotypes by administering an LGI3 antagonist.

A defined peak region residing between about 3.2 and 3.4 ppm of a proton NMR spectrum of an in vitro biosample is electronically evaluated to determine a level of trimethylamine-N-oxide (“TMAO”). The biosamples may be any suitable biosamples including human serum with a normal biologic range of between about 1-50 μM or urine with a normal biologic range of between about 0-1000 μM.

The present inventors have surprisingly found that a deoxyhypusine synthase (DHPS) gene, which was previously reported to correlate with prostate cancer and cervical cancer, is highly responsive to arteriosclerosis or digestive system cancer, whereby the gene can be used as a desired marker for arteriosclerosis or digestive system cancer. The present invention has been accomplished on the basis of this finding. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for determining arteriosclerosis or digestive system cancer, which method includes detecting expression of a deoxyhypusine synthase gene in a test sample (preferably a blood sample), and determining arteriosclerosis or digestive system cancer of a test subject from which the test sample has been obtained, on the basis of an increase in the gene expression as an index.

The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing and treating atherosclerosis by using nanovesicle targeting a site of change in blood flow, and more specifically, the present invention provides a stem cell-derived nanovesicle, which is an anti-atherosclerosis diagnosis and treatment platform using a peptide capable of targeting a disturbed blood flow, wherein the nanovesicle provides strong anti-inflammatory and pre-endothelial recovery effects similar to that of a mesenchymal stem cell, and thus it can be used as a new diagnosis and treatment agent capable of preventing the onset of atherosclerosis.

Objects of the present invention are to find a marker by which progression of arteriosclerosis can be directly grasped, to thereby provide motivation for prevention or treatment of arteriosclerosis itself, and to provide means for accurately grasping condition of arteriosclerosis-related disease including arteriosclerotic disease. The invention provides a method for acquiring data on progression of arteriosclerosis, the method including determining a level of an antibody against SH3BP5 protein or a part thereof in a body fluid sample collected from a biological body, and a data acquisition kit for performing the data acquisition method.

Anti-CD47 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof are described. Also described are nucleic acids encoding the antibodies, compositions comprising the antibodies, and methods of producing the antibodies and using the antibodies for treating or preventing diseases such as cancer, inflammatory disease, infectious disease, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease, radiation-induced injury, and/or autoimmune disease.

A fusion protein being a lipid-free reference standard having good long-term storability, which is used for measuring the quantity or quality of modified HDL, and a method for accurately, repeatability and reliably measuring high-density lipoprotein using the same. In the fusion protein, a complete protein sequence or partial fragment protein sequence for ApoA I is linked directly or via a spacer to a LOX-1 binding protein sequence that binds to a lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor: LOX-1. The method for measuring a modified high-density lipoprotein in a test sample is a method for measuring a modified high-density lipoprotein through binding of the modified high-density lipoprotein to LOX-1 and an anti-APOA I antibody, wherein, using the fusion protein as a reference standard for the modified high-density lipoprotein, the modified high-density lipoprotein in the test sample is determined by comparison with the reference standard through optical detection and/or radiation dosage detection.

The present invention provides markers and methods for determining whether a subject, particularly a human subject, has or is at risk of developing, a disease such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, NAFLD (Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) or NASH (Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis) (e.g., within the ensuing year, two years, and/or three years). The present application also relates to the use of such markers and methods for monitoring the status of such diseases in a subject or the effects of therapeutic agents on subjects with such diseases.

The present invention provides markers and methods for determining whether a subject, particularly a human subject, has or is at risk of developing, a disease such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, NAFLD (Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) or NASH (Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis) (e.g., within the ensuing year, two years, and/or three years). The present application also relates to the use of such markers and methods for monitoring the status of such diseases in a subject or the effects of therapeutic agents on subjects with such diseases.