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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2021
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
National Cancer Center, Tokyo, JP;
Michimoto Kobayashi, Kamakura, JP;
Mitsuaki Sanada, Kamakura, JP;
Yoshiyuki Sasajima, Kamakura, JP;
Giman Jung, Kamakura, JP;
Tesshi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Kazufumi Honda, Tokyo, JP;
TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., Tokyo, JP;
NATIONAL CANCER CENTER, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a simple and highly accurate method for detecting pancreatic exocrine dysfunction with minimal invasiveness to a subject. The method comprising in vitro measurement of two APOA2 protein variants, mutants thereof and/or fragments thereof in a body fluid sample derived from the subject and detection of the presence or absence of pancreatic exocrine dysfunction on the basis of the measured amounts, and a detection kit for pancreatic exocrine dysfunction including antibodies that can specifically bind to said proteins are provided.