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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2008
Applicants:
Masaya Ono, Tokyo-To, JP;
Tesshi Yamada, Tokyo-To, JP;
Setsuo Hirohashi, Tokyo-To, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Japan Health Sciences Foundation, Tokyo-To, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 2/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A novel protein and a fragment thereof useful as a tumor marker of pancreatic cancer are disclosed. This protein or a fragment thereof is a modified α-fibrinogen protein containing an oxidized amino acid residue(s) or a fragment thereof containing said oxidized amino acid residue(s). The oxidized amino acid residue(s) is one or more amino acid residues selected from the group consisting of (a) a proline residue corresponding to the proline residue at the position of 530 in SEQ ID NO: 2, and (b) a proline residue corresponding to the proline residue at the position of 565 in SEQ ID NO: 2.