Corin
CORINproteinCorin mediates cardiac remodeling and natriuretic peptide processing in post-infarction heart failure pathophysiology.
Pathway placement
Cascade stepOff-pathway / systemic markers
Confidencemedium
RationaleCardiac protease; natriuretic peptide activation; reflects cardiac dysfunction post-MI.
Also acts inMyocardial injury
Druggability
Not assessed (no mapped human gene target).
Type I vs Type II discrimination
ScoresLow-confidence (proxy)
R — rupture / Type-I50
C — confounder / Type-II52
A — assay feasibility68
E — evidence strength22
T1DI (composite)7
Specificity differential (R−C)-2.6
Confounder panel (Type-II drivers)
No confounder evidence retrieved.
Tier: light (literature co-occurrence proxy — lower confidence). See the discrimination table for all markers.
Assay & specimen
Class-level default (no specific cleared assay)— generic method inferred from analyte class; confirm against a specific product insert before use.
Specimen
Serum or plasma
Collection tube
Serum separator (gold/red-top, SST) · K2/K3-EDTA (lavender-top)
Method / principle
Sandwich immunoassay (ELISA) — research-grade unless a cleared assay exists
Reagent / substrate
Matched anti-target antibody pair (capture + labeled detection)
Platform
ELISA microplate or multiplex (Luminex/MSD)
Turnaround · availability
Send-out / research · Research-grade (no universal clinical assay)
Literature evidence(1)
- Novel biomarkers predicting cardiac function after acute myocardial infarction.British medical bulletin · 2016 · PMID 27418651 · doi