METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTING PROLIFERATIVE DISEASE CAUSING SCLEROSIS, PREVENTIVE AND/OR REMEDY FOR PROLIFERATIVE DISEASE CAUSING SCLEROSIS, AND METHOD AND KIT FOR IDENTIFYING SUBSTANCE EFFICACIOUS IN PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING PROLIFERATIVE DISEASE CAUSING SCLEROSIS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a kit for detecting proliferative diseases causing sclerosis, to provide a preventive and/or a remedy for proliferative diseases causing sclerosis, and to provide a method and a kit for identifying a substance efficacious in preventing and/or treating proliferative diseases causing sclerosis.

SOLUTION: There are provide a detection method for diabetic nephropathy, comprising measuring the expression of at least one substance selected from the group consisting of activin receptor-like kinase 1, activin receptor-like kinase 3 and bone morphogenetic proteins, in a biological sample. A kit therefor is also provided.

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