PROTEIN BIOMARKERS FOR OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAYS DISEASES

摘要

Provided herein are methods for the diagnosis of obstructive airways diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and the discrimination between such diseases based on the expression profiles of biomarker proteins and combinations of biomarker proteins. In particular embodiments the biomarker proteins are selected from ceruloplasmin, haptoglobin, hemopexin, -2-macroglobulin, prothrombin, immunoglobulin A and complement factor H.