Specific-C-peptide assay method
AssigneePasteur Sanofi Diagnostics
InventorsMajida Bouanani, Nadia Kamal, Catherine Larue, Jean-Claude Mani, Bernard Christian Pau, Elisabeth Siohan
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a specific C-peptide assay method which can eliminate all interference due to proinsulin and its intermediates, in particular des-31,32-proinsulin and/or des-64,65-proinsulin. It also relates to antibodies for carrying out this assay.
Claims4
1-19. (canceled)
An antibody specific to des-31,32-proinsulin and proinsulin which is capable of interfering with binding of an anti-C-peptide antibody and which recognizes the epitope of sequence Leu Gln Lys Arg Gly Ile Val Glu Gln (SEQ ID NO:
- 2).
A hybridoma deposited at Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes at the Institut Pasteur on 4 Jun. 1997, registration number I-1873.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.