Marker for colorectal carcinoma and methods of detecting the same
US4921789A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 20, 1988 |
| Grant date | May 1, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S530/843
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A new marker for colorectal carcinoma has been discovered which is a glycoprotein having a molecular weight of approximately 160,000 daltons. Assay methods which can identify this marker are useful indetecting, diagnosing, and monitoring colorectal carcinoma, and in particular, carcinoma of the undifferentiated variety which heretofor were not readily detectible. For example, an assay which utilizes an antibody reacting to this glycoprotein marker is useful in a screening method for the detection and monitoring of colorectal carcinoma cells. Such an antibody can be included as part of a kit for screening a patient for colorectal carcinoma.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.