申请人:——
公开号:US20030190368A1
公开(公告)日:2003-10-09
Diagnostic methods that rely on the use of one or more assays that assess cellular activation are provided. The assays are performed on whole blood or leukocytes, and indicate individually or in combination the level of cardiovascular cell activation, which is pivotal in many chronic and acute disease states. These results of the assays are used within a clinical framework to support therapeutic decisions such as: further testing for infectious agents, anti-oxidant or anti-adhesion therapy, postponement and optimal re-scheduling of high-risk surgeries, classifying susceptibility to and progression rates of chronic disease such as diabetes, atherogenesis, and venous insufficiency; extreme interventions in trauma cases of particularly high risk and activation-lowering therapies. Also provided is as composition derived from a pancreatic homogenate that contains circulating cell activating factors, which can serve as targets for drug screening to identify drug candidates for use in activation lowering therapies. Methods for lowering cell activation by administering protease inhibitors, particularly serine protease inhibitors, are also provided.
提供的诊断方法依赖于使用一种或多种评估细胞活化的检测方法。这些检测在全血或白细胞上进行,可单独或联合显示心血管细胞活化的水平,这在许多慢性和急性疾病状态中至关重要。这些检测结果可在临床框架内用于支持治疗决策,例如:进一步检测感染性病原体、抗氧化或抗粘连疗法、推迟和优化高风险手术的重新安排、对糖尿病、动脉粥样硬化和静脉功能不全等慢性疾病的易感性和进展率进行分类;对风险特别高的创伤病例进行极端干预,以及降低活化水平的疗法。此外,还提供了一种从胰腺匀浆中提取的组合物,该组合物含有循环细胞活化因子,可作为药物筛选的靶点,以确定用于降低活化疗法的候选药物。还提供了通过施用蛋白酶抑制剂,特别是丝氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂来降低细胞活化的方法。