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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 1/508 ; C07K 1/22 ; G01N 3/3543 ; G01N 3/3566 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 1/508 ; C07K 1/22 ; G01N 3/3543 ; G01N 3/3566 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a process for producing major histocompatibility antigen class II protein (hereinafter referred to as “MHC class II” for short) which occurs on the surfaces of antigen-presenting cells and the like, and MHC class II-bound materials in which MHC class II, &agr; and/or &bgr; subunit of MHC class II, or a part thereof is bound to a carrier such as beads, fibers and hollow fibers via covalent bond, as well as a module for removing superantigen using the same. This invention also provides a method for detecting or quantifying superantigens using MHC class II or a part thereof having an affinity to the superantigens, as well as an assay kit therefor.