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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; C07K / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-74 ; 435-723 ; 435-794 ; 435 7021 ; 43524027 ; 436 64 ; 436540 ; 436548 ; 53038826 ; 5303913 ;
Abstract
The present invention first provides monoclonal antibodies recognizing membrane phospholipase A.sub.2, namely, monoclonal antibodies PL-49, PL-71, PL-76, and PL-78, hybridomas producing them, methods for producing them, and immunoassays of membrane phospholipase A.sub.2 using them. The immunoassay of PLA.sub.2 M is useful for the diagnosis of articular rheumatism, cancers, and a wide variety of inflammatory states.