Assay method for the detection of 26kd TNF prohormone
US5686259A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S530/809
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Cleavage site blocking antibody that binds to prohormones, preferable Tumor Necrosis Factor, thereby preventing the formation of prohormone fragment(s) by proteolysis of the prohormone, and uses of the antibody including prophylactic and therapeutic methods to treat disease, and diagnostic assays for determining the amount of the prohormone and prohormone fragments present in a patients body.
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