The present invention relates to biomarker polypeptides, polynucleotides,
and antibodies that have utility in predicting in vitro and/or in vivo
hepatotoxicity of various drugs, compounds, or other therapeutic agents
(i.e., test substances). Also related are screens, kits, microarrays, and
cell culture systems that employ the polypeptides, polynucleotides,
and/or antibodies of the invention. The reagents and methods of the
invention are useful for predicting hepatotoxic effects resulting from
treatment with one or more test substances, and can be utilized before,
after, or concurrently with pre-clinical, clinical, and/or post-clinical
testing. In this way, the reagents and methods of the invention can be
used to identify test substances or combinations of test substances that
cause hepatic injury, including idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity, and thereby
prevent medical complications (e.g., liver failure) resulting from such
injury.