METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF PEPTIDIC DEGRADATION PRODUCTS OF A PROTEOLYTIC CASCADE IN BLOOD SAMPLES
摘要
The invention discloses a method for measurement of peptidic degradation products of a proteolytic cascade (for example, the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and the bradykinin system) in biological samples, especially blood samples, wherein the sample is incubated until a steady state equilibrium is reached for at least one peptidic degradation product involved in said proteolytic cascade and wherein said at least one peptidic degradation product in steady state equilibrium of the proteolytic cascade is quantified in the sample.