METHODS TO DETERMINE WHETHER A SUBJECT IS SUITABLE OF BEING TREATED WITH AN AGONIST OF SOLUBLE GUANYLYL CYCLASE (SGC)

摘要

The present invention provides a method for determining whether a human or animal subject suffers from oxidative stress, is suitable of being treated with an antioxidant and/or free radical scavenger, and/or is suitable of being treated with an agonist of soluble Guanylyl Cyclase (sGC), in particular with an activator of sGC, said method comprising the steps of providing a tissue or liquid sample from said subject, and determining whether or not said sample is characterized by the presence, upregulation or overexpression of sGC comprising a heme free ß1 subunit.