Lipoprotein Associated Phospholipase A2, Inhibitors Thereof and Use of the Same in Diagnosis and Therapy

摘要

The enzyme Lp-PLA₂ in purified form, an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding Lp-PLA₂, the use of an inhibitor of the enzyme Lp-PLA₂ in therapy and a method of screening compounds to identify those compounds which inhibit the enzyme.