Antibody class-specific interference eliminating reagent
AssigneeRoche Diagnostics GmbH
InventorsDittmar Schlieper, Helmut Lenz, Urban Schmitt, Volker Klemt
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Abstract
The invention concerns a composition composed of several different antibodies or/and antibody fragments which is suitable as a reagent to reduce interferences in an immunological method for the class-specific detection of antibodies from one or several of the immunoglobulin classes G, M, A, D and E.
Claims22
Isolated composition consisting essentially of several different antibodies, antibody fragments, or antibodies and fragments thereof, which bind to the Fd section of the heavy chain of immunoglobulins from at least one of the classes IgG, IgA, IgD and IgE and at least partially inhibit the binding of any of said immunoglobulins to an antigen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.