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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1999
Applicants:
Anton Wellstein, Washington, DC (US);
Boussad Souttou, Paris, FR;
Daniel Raulais, Paris, FR;
Marc Vigny, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Anton Wellstein, Washington, DC (US);
Boussad Souttou, Paris, FR;
Daniel Raulais, Paris, FR;
Marc Vigny, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Georgetown University, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/567 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a novel method and kit for detecting and measuring pleiotrophin in samples and diagnosing pleiotrophin-positive diseases. The method involves incubating a sample suspected of containing PTN with anti-PTN antibodies and determining the presence of PTN using a sandwich ELISA. Also methods for treating a pleiotrophin-positive disease by administering an anti-PTN antibody or fragment thereof are provided.