| 摘要 |
The invention disclosed is a process for determining the cytoprotective activity of plasma that prevents the destruction of endothelial cells and forestalls the development of a number of diseases such as atherosclerosis, preeclampsia, edema, nephrotic syndrome, and stroke. The present invention includes a method of diagnosing a patient's proclivity to develop a disease having a correlation to a reduction in the concentration of pI 5.6 albumin i n the plasma by determining a value indicative of the concentration of the pI. 5.6 albumint that is not bound to VLDL ("free pI 5.6 albumin") in the patient's blood serum. The preferred embodiment of the process utilizes in vitro methods to obtain an indicator of the free pI. 5.6 albumin instead of directly measuring the concentration of the free pI 5.6 albumin. |
