Cardiovascular Proteomics Center

The Boston University Cardiovascular Proteomics Center (CPC) is a research center funded by the NIH/NHLBI to analyze and identify proteins that may be modified or created by cardiovascular disease (CVD) brought on by unfavorable metabolic conditions and diseases, including obesity, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. The CPC is developing and applying a targeted proteomic approach and bioinformatics tools to detect the effects of abnormal metabolism on proteins. The identification of a set of markers of metabolic dysfunction may afford opportunities to be used as tissue-specific biomarkers of the disease. These will provide new and powerful approaches to the detection and monitoring of metabolic CVD.