Highly reproducible agglutination immunoassay method and reagents
AssigneesKyowa Medex Co., Ltd., Nof Corporation
InventorsKayoko Shigenobu, Kenshiro Shuto, Shujiro Sakaki
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AssigneesKyowa Medex Co., Ltd., Nof Corporation
InventorsKayoko Shigenobu, Kenshiro Shuto, Shujiro Sakaki
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The present invention provides an agglutination immunoassay, wherein the agglutination of insoluble carrier particles such as latex are stabilized and uniformized to give good reproducibility, and a reagent therefor. In the agglutination immunoassay which comprises allowing an antigenic substance in a sample to bind to insoluble carrier particles carrying substantially neither antigens nor antibodies thereon, and allowing an antibody or an antibody complex which reacts specifically to the antigenic substance to bind to the antigenic substance to give a selective agglutination of the insoluble carrier particles, a homopolymer prepared by polymerization of a monomer such as 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine having a phosphorylcholine group and a vinyl group, or a copolymer prepared by polymerization of a monomer having a phosphorylcholine group and a vinyl group, with a monomer having a vinyl group such as n-butyl methacrylate is used.
An agglutination immunoassay which comprises allowing an antigenic substance in a sample to bind to insoluble carrier particles carrying substantially neither antigens nor antibodies thereon, and allowing an antibody or an antibody complex which reacts specifically to the antigenic substance to bind to the antigenic substance to give a selective agglutination of the insoluble carrier particles, wherein a compound having a group represented by formula (I),
A reagent for an immunoassay comprising a compound having a group represented by formula (I),
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