No biomarkers are available for this pathology and, to the best of our knowledge, only a comparative proteomic study on plasma samples from 24 pooled MVP patients with moderate to severe MR revealed reduced levels of haptoglobin, platelet basic protein, and complement component C4b in the MVP/MR patients as compared to the 24 pooled matched control cases [16]. The gene discussed is PPBP; the disease is familial mitral valve prolapse.