Sangsoon Woo
The field of “proteomics”, which can be defined as the study of the set
of all proteins present in a cell, is rapidly becoming a key component
of modern biology. Blood plasma exhibits an exceptional proteome in
many respects. It is the most complex human derived proteome,
containing other tissue proteomes as subsets. It is the most sampled
proteome for medical diagnosis. Proteins in plasma have been studied
since before we knew genes existed. Related to a disease, some
proteins are used as biomarkers. For example, many previous researchers
proved that measuring some proteins levels such as LDL, HDL, and CRP
provides information about relative risk of cardiovascular disease.
In this talk, I will address basic concept of biomarker and human
blood plasma and talk about how LDL and CRP are related to cardiovascular disease.
