| abstract |
An assay for testing a subject for diabetes or a predisposition to diabetes including analysing a biological fluid from a subject for the presence of one or more proteins selected from the group consisting of Alpha 2 macroglobulin, Apolipoprotein All, Immunoglobulin alpha heavy chain constant region, Immunoglobulin mu chain C region, Chain A of Human IgAl, Inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain H4 precursor, and Apolipoprotein B100; wherein detection of the' protein is indicative of diabetes or a predisposition to diabetes in the subject. |