METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ANGIOGENIC DISORDERS

摘要

The invention provides methods and compositions for determining whether an individual is at risk of developing, or has, one or more angiogenic disorders. The methods detect the presence and/or amount of one or more genes or gene products in a sample, including a RORA, CRIMl, CXCR4, C5orf26, IGHG3, NALP2, PLA2G4A, IGLJ3, SHQl, UCHLl, TANCl, PKP2, DNAJC6, C6orfl05, NALPl, RGS13, CXCL13, RPS6KA2, MMP7, ILIA, ABCAl, VCAN, KIAAO888, ENPP2, and FAM38B gene or gene product. In addition, the invention provides methods for using one or more of these genes or gene products as a target for preventing or delaying the onset of one or more angiogenic disorders or treating a patient with one or more such disorders. The angiogenic disorder can be, for example, an ocular angiogenic disorder, for example, a disorder associated with choroidal neovascularization, for example, age-related macular degeneration.