Method of assaying antilaminin-1 antibody and application thereof
AssigneeEiji Matsuura
InventorsEiji Matsuura, Junko Inagaki, Koji Aoki
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Abstract
By allowing serum or plasma samples collected from humans to react with laminin-1 or a fragment thereof, and then determining whether or not anti-laminin-1 antibody, an auto-antibody against laminin-1, in the sample bound to laminin-1 to detect anti-laminin-1 antibody in the sample, gynecology-related diseases such as habitual abortion, sterility, infertility, and endometriosis can be diagnosed.
Claims11
An assay method for anti-laminin-1 antibody in a sample wherein the sample is allowed to react with laminin-1 or a fragment thereof, and then an assay is carried out to determine whether or not said anti-laminin-1 antibody in the sample bound to the laminin-1 or the fragment thereof.
A kit for use in a method of determining the amount of anti-laminin-1 antibody in a sample, said kit comprising laminin-1 or a fragment thereof as a component reagent.
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