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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:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ilene K Gipson, Concord, MA (US);
Assignee:
Schepen's Eye Research Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-721 ; 435-795 ; 435 7021 ; 4351722 ; 43524027 ; 435975 ; 436518 ; 436530 ; 436548 ; 5303882 ; 5303913 ; 935104 ; 935110 ;
Abstract
A monoclonal antibody has been produced that binds to apical cells of human ocular surface and vaginal epithelia. The antigen recognized by this monoclonal antibody is a mucin-like cell surface glycoprotein. The antibody is of diagnostic use in the evaluation of the ocular surface in dry eye patients, and the antigen has therapeutic potential for use in treatment of dry eye disease. In a comparison of dry eye and normal patients the pattern of antibody binding to dry eye ocular surface epithelia has been shown to differ from the binding pattern seen in normal epithelia.