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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2001
Applicants:
Qinwei Shi, Etobicoke, CA;
Shigui Liu, Mississauga, CA;
Mingfu Ling, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Spectral Diagnostics, Inc, Toronto Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/12 (2006.01); A61K 39/38 (2006.01); A61K 45/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Polypeptides corresponding to stable, circulating degradation products of troponin I (TnI) are described. The fragments comprise a sequence of the N-terminus of native cardiac TnI with 95-115 amino acid and additionally include fragments lacking about the 20-30 N-terminal amino acids. Utilities of these fragments and antibodies thereto include sensitive detection of myocardial infarction and purification of antibodies sensitive to the detection of troponin I degradation products.