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Assay method for the detection of 26kd TNF prohormone

US5686259A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 5, 1995
Grant dateNov 11, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 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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