Immunoassay for the detection of MIA

US5973123A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Roche Diagnostics GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Brigitte Kaluza · Bad Heilbrunn, DE
• Iise Bartke · Bernried, DE
• Helmut Lenz · Tutzing, DE
• Martin Kaufmann · Weilheim, DE
• Reinhard Buttner · Neutraubling, DE
• Anja-Katrin Bosserhoff · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 26, 1999
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K16/18
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The subject matter of the present invention are high-affinity monoclonal antibodies against MIA (Melanoma inhibitory activity) in native conformation, which can be used for the detection of malignant melanomas, their use for the detection of MIA as well as immunoassays for the detection of MIA.