Method of detecting prostate specific antigen

US6300088A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Duke University · US

Inventors

• Jan Enghild · Durham, US
• Tim D. Oury · Durham, US
• Ida B. Thogersen · Durham, US
• Zuzana Valnickova · Durham, US
• Philip Walther · Mödling, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 1998
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2001
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/57434
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Dectection of secreted Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) by detecting the presence of an N-terminal activation peptide of PSA in a biological sample is described. The method may be used in screening for or diagnosing disease states associated with increased levels of secreted prostate specific antigen.