Genetic polymorphisms associated with stroke, methods of detection and uses thereof
AssigneeCelera Corporation
InventorsMay Luke, James J. Devlin
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InventorsMay Luke, James J. Devlin
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The present invention provides compositions and methods based on genetic polymorphisms that are associated with vascular diseases such as stroke. In particular, the present invention relates to genetic polymorphisms that have utility for such uses as predicting disease risk or predicting an individual's response to a treatment such as statins, including groups of polymorphisms that may be used as a signature marker set for such uses, as well as nucleic acid molecules containing the polymorphisms, variant proteins encoded by such nucleic acid molecules, reagents for detecting the polymorphic nucleic acid molecules and proteins, and methods of using the nucleic acid and proteins as well as methods of using reagents for their detection.
A method for treating stroke in a human, the method comprising testing nucleic acid from said human for an MYH15 polymorphism rs3900940 comprising C at position 101 of SEQ ID NO:1213 or G at its complement, detecting a homozygous genotype of said C or said G to thereby identify said human as having an increased risk for stroke relative to not having said homozygous genotype, and administering a statin to treat stroke to said human.
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