Sankyo Company, Limited

Yoshiji Yamada

Eisuke Tsuda

Masaaki Goto

Fumie Kobayashi

Kazuki Yano

Naohiro Washida

Kanji Higashio

Kaoji Higashio

A method of diagnosing metabolic bone diseases, especially osteoporosis and arthrosis characterized by determining the concentration of osteoclastgenesis inhibitory factor (OCIF) in humor. Monoclonal antibodies recognizing equally both of monomer type and dimer type of OCIF. Monoclonal antibodies recognizing selectively dimer type of OCIF. And to provide an assay kit for determination of OCIF concentration comprising the aforementioned two antibodies recognizing different epitope of OCIF and having high affinity showing dissociation constant of less than 2&#xd7;10M with antigen. It is useful for a method of diagnosing metabolic bone diseases, especially osteoporosis and arthrosis or for an assay reagent for research thereof.

Method of diagnosing metabolic bone diseases

Method for diagnosing bone dysbolism

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Aichi, Japan

Yoshiji Yamada