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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2001
Applicants:
Daiji Naka, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiko Nagaike, Inashi-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Daiji Naka, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiko Nagaike, Inashi-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 16/00 (2006.01); C12P 21/08 (2006.01); C12N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An antibody which recognizes an active hepatocyte growth factor activator (HGFA) and does not substantially recognize inactive HGFA is provided. Also disclosed is a monoclonal antibody thereof, and a hybridoma cell line for producing the monoclonal antibody. There is further provided a method for measuring active HGFA using the antibody, and a method for detecting a disease, by detecting or measuring active HGFA using the antibody.