Claims
- 1. A method of providing the level of TNFβ produced by a human subject in response to tissue injury, including the steps of:
providing a sample of biological material from said subject; assaying said sample for the presence of APOE; on the basis of said assay, estimating the level of increase of TNFβ in said subject in response to tissue injury.
- 2. A method of determining the increase of TNFβ levels produced by a human subject in response to a tissue injury, including the steps of:
providing a sample of biological material from said subject; assaying said sample for the presence of APOE; and estimating the level of increase of TNFβ in said subject by comparing said TNFP level of said subject to the TNFβ level of a second subject that has not suffered tissue injury.
- 3. A method of predicting the level of TNFβ produced by a human subject following a tissue injury, including the steps of:
determining the age of the subject; assaying a sample of biological material from said subject for the presence of APOE; and estimating the level of TNFβ produced by the subject exposed to the tissue injury based on the age of the subject and the presence of APOE.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. provisional application Serial No. 60/342,567 filed Dec. 20, 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60342567 |
Dec 2001 |
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