This invention provides a method of detecting whether a subject is either predisposed to or afflicted with a pulmonary disease which comprises: 1) obtaining a suitable sample from the subject; 2) detecting in the sample a bone morphogenetic protein receptor-II mutation which is not present in wildtype bone morphogenetic protein receptor-II, wherein the presence of a mutation indicates that the subject is predisposed to or afflicted with the pulmonary disease. In one embodiment, the pulmonary disease is Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension.
申请公布号
WO0204684(A1)
申请公布日期
2002.01.17
申请号
WO2001US21999
申请日期
2001.07.12
申请人
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK;MORSE, JANE, H.;KNOWLES, JAMES, A.