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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2002
Hirokazu Matsumoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasuko Horikoshi, Ibaraki, JP;
Chieko Kitada, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Ohtaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Hirokazu Matsumoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasuko Horikoshi, Ibaraki, JP;
Chieko Kitada, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Ohtaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims at providing an antibody, by which metastin or its derivative can be quantified specifically with a high sensitivity, a method of detecting/quantifying metastin or its derivative using the antibody, and a diagnostic agent (e.g., a diagnostic for pregnancy) the same. Specifically, an antibody capable of specifically reacting with a partial peptide at the N-terminus or C-terminus of a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or its derivative, and a method of detecting/quantifying metastin or its derivative using the antibody as well as a diagnostic agent using the same.