Radioimmunoassay for thyroid hormone
US4108974A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 27, 1976 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/823
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The method of this invention is characterized by the use of hydrolyzed cross-linked polyacrylamide particles to which have been bonded, by means of covalent bonds, antibiodies against the thyroid hormone to be determined. The particles selected are of a size which forms a stable hydrophyllic suspension. In the preferred embodiment a measured quantity of unextracted human serum is mixed together with a blocking agent in an amount sufficient to displace the thyroid hormone to be measured from thyroxine binding globulin (TBG), a radioactively labeled thyroid hormone of the type to be measured, and the antibody-polyacrylamide complex. The hormone to be measured is displaced by the blocking agent followed by the competitive binding of the labeled and unlabeled hormone to the antibody-polyacrylamide particles. The particles are readily separated from the sample liquid and the radioactivity of the particle material and/or in the liquid is determined. Particles containing Alcian yellow or blue dye facilitate practice of the method.
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