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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2002
Applicants:
Mark W. J. Ferguson, Derbyshire, GB;
Georg Brunner, Munster, DE;
Inventors:
Mark W. J. Ferguson, Derbyshire, GB;
Georg Brunner, Munster, DE;
Assignee:
Renovo Limited, Manchester, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N033/53 ; C07K014/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for quantifying the amount of active transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) in biological samples. In particular the method comprising incubating cryosections of a tissue with cells which contain a TGF-β responsive expression vector having a structural region encoding an indicator protein and measuring the amount of said indicator protein expressed from the cells.