Patent ID: 9423402
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G01N

Claim Text:
1. A method of monitoring the state of a cell, tissue, organ or organism, and treating a cardiovascular disease state, the method comprising establishing, for a sample of microparticles from the cell, tissue, organ or organism, a ratio of: (i) (a) a selected polypeptide in microparticles which comprise GM1 gangliosides to (b) the selected polypeptide in microparticles which comprise exposed phosphotidylserine wherein the (a) to (b) ratio is indicative of the state of the cell, tissue, organ or organism (ii) wherein if the ratio of (a) to (b) is higher in the sample of microparticles relative to a control sample, administering a cardiovascular disease treatment to the cell, tissue, organ or organism.