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7608681 Methods and compositions for prolonging elimination half-times of bioactive compounds  
Peptide ligands having affinity for IgG or for serum albumin are disclosed. Also disclosed are hybrid molecules comprising a peptide ligand domain and an active domain. The active domain may...
7205382 Peptides, the production and use thereof for binding immunoglobulins  
Peptides having the following amino acid sequence as well as peptides or proteins which contain this amino acid sequence: R 1...
6951716 Anti-platelet immunoglobulin bead positive control  
Immunoassay methods and apparatus are provided which utilize flow cytometry, coated latex microspheres, and fluorochrome labeled antibodies, to simultaneously detect the presence and amount of one...
6933106 Platelet immunoglobulin bead suspension and flow cytometry  
Immunoassay methods and apparatus are provided which utilize flow cytometry, coated latex microspheres, and fluorochrome labeled antibodies, to simultaneously detect the presence and amount of one...
6890720 Antigens derived from filaggrin and their use for diagnosing rheumatoid polyarthritis  
The invention concerns an artificial antigen specifically identified by the anti-filaggrin autoantibodies present in the serum of patients suffering from rheumatoid polyarthritis, and consisting of...
6858438 Peptides immunoreactive with autoantibodies from patients with rheumatoid arthritis  
The invention relates to a peptide derived from an antigen recognized by autoantibodies, which peptide is reactive with autoimmune antibodies from a patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. The...
6638723 Method for diagnosing autoimmune diseases  
A method of diagnosing an autoimmune disease is disclosed which involves determining whether autoantibodies from a body fluid react with a microtubule organizing center (MTOC). This diagnostic...
6489129 Antigen-specific IgM detection  
The invention concerns a method for the determination of antigen-specific antibodies of the immunoglobulin M class in the presence of immunoglobulins of the G class and/or rheumatoid factors in...
6372715 Use of erythropoientin and iron preparations for producing pharmaceutical combination preparations for treating rheumatic diseases  
The present invention is concerned with the use of individual administration forms of an erythropoietin preparation and a physiologically compatible iron preparation corresponding to an equivalent...
6303325 Method for detecting analytes  
The invention relates to methods of determining the presence or amount of an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte, said method comprising the steps of: (a) bringing together in...
6225442 Method of detecting autoantibody present in the serum of rheumatic  
A reagent for immunologically detecting rheumatism containing as an antigen at least one mammalian protein selected from among ezrin, radixin and moesin and/or a peptide composed of at least nine...
6159748 Evaluation of autoimmune diseases using a multiple parameter latex bead suspension and flow cytometry  
Immunoassay methods and apparatus are provided which utilize flow cytometry, coated latex microspheres, and labelled antibodies, to simultaneously detect the presence and amount of several antigens...
6100098 Anti-AGE IgG and uses thereof for the diagnosis of severe disease  
The present invention relates to the diagnosis of severe diseases based on the determination of the presence of AGE-IgG autoantibodies in patients and to a method of treatment thereof. More...
5989922 Method for determining rheumatoid factors and agents for carrying out the method  
The invention relates to an immunochemical method for the detection and determination of rheumatoid factors using immune complexes as specific binding partners as well as to the preparation of...
5965378 Antibody class-specific interference eliminating reagent  
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...
5888833 Antigens recognized by antibodies to rheumatoid arthritis, their preparation and their applications  
The present invention relates to antigens extracted from mammalian malpighian epithelia, in particular rat esophageal epithelium or human epidermis, which are specifically recognized by the...
5846532 Method and composition for the treatment of disorders involving immunological dysfunction  
A method and composition are provided for treatment of disorders involving immunological dysfunction. The invention comprises the administration of a low level of ribonucleotide polymerase protein...
5834215 Method for detecting antipolymer antibodies and diagnosing silicone related disease (SRD) fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)  
The present invention provides for a method of detecting antipolymer antibodies, and a method for detecting silicone related disease, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
5831037 Method for clinical examination based on the structures of immunoglobin G-linked oligosaccharides  
The present invention relates to a novel clinical examination method which comprises analyzing the alteration in the amount of a specific component in oligosaccharides of immunogloblin G. Human...
5804391 Elimination of rheumatoid factor interference using anti-FD antibodies  
The invention concerns the use of a composition which is composed of several different antibodies or/and antibody fragments which serves as a reagent to eliminate rheumatoid factor interference in...
5786154 Human phospholipase activating protein and methods for diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis  
The invention provides methods for detecting elevated levels of phospholipase A 2 activating protein in persons suspected of having rheumatoid arthritis to thereby indicate the presence of...
5776708 Method for identifying T cells involved in autoimmune disease  
The invention relates to a method for identifying T cell populations involved in autoimmune diseases. This involves determining levels of a Vβ element in a body fluid sample of a patient and...
5747266 Assay and method for determining newborn risk for sudden infant death syndrome  
An assay and method for screening newborns to determine risk of Sudden Infant Syndrome is described. The assay and method is based on the detection of elevated IgM-anti-IgG (MAG) levels in...
5698393 Method for elimination of rheumatoid factor interference in diagnostic assays  
A method for treating biological samples, e.g., human sera or plasma, suspected of containing rheumatoid factors to eliminate cross-reactivity and false positive assay results in IgM immunoassays...
5620859 Method to aid in the diagnosis of silicone related disease  
A process to aid in the diagnosis of silicone related disease in which a correlation between silicone related disease and the presence of antibodies that bind to partially polymerized acrylamide is...
5556745 Method for the detection and quantitative determination of antigen in a test sample containing immune complexes of antigen bound to antibodies and to rheumatoid factors  
The invention is a simple and rapid method for immune complex dissociation and destruction of rheumatoid factors. It permits the quantitative measurement of the total, i.e., free and immune...
5496520 Rotary fluid manipulator  
A rotary fluid manipulator utilizable as a diagnostic device includes a porous body having fluid passages defined therein by fluid blocking means in the porosities of the body such as openings or...
5486452 Devices and kits for immunological analysis  
New devices and kits for solid-phase immuno-assays comprising a solid porous support, preferably in the form of a sheet, where antigens or immuno-globulins or both of them are bound by direct...
5472849 Method for detecting inflammation  
A method for the detection of the presence of inflammation in a patient by measuring the amount of circulating intercellular adhesion molecule (cICAM-1) in a sample of one or more bodily fluids of...
5466611 Method for the determination of antigens or antibodies in the presence of an immune complex  
The invention relates to a latex agglutination method for the detection or determination of one partner of an antigen-antibody reaction, wherein, in order to suppress non-specific reactions, to,...
5378637 Method for measuring hyaluronic acid  
A method for measuring hyaluronic acid in a biological sample which comprises (a) coating a solid support with hyaluronic acid; (b) incubating the sample with cartilage proteoglycan; (c) exposing...
5354691 Polypeptides and derivatives thereof as well as their use in pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions  
A polypeptide having amino acid sequence 172-192 of a Mycobacterium bovis BCG 64 kD polypeptide, said sequence having the formula ##STR1## as well as polypeptides derived therefrom, in the amino...
5340720 Methods of diagnosing and monitoring rheumatic diseases  
Assays which aid in diagnosing systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis are disclosed. One assay tests urine samples for the presence or absence of an RNA polymerase I antibody which...
5298396 Method for identifying T cells disease involved in autoimmune disease  
The invention relates to a method for identifying T cell populations involved in autoimmune diseases. This involves determining levels of a Vβ element in a body fluid sample of a patient and...
5284750 Serum proteins related to autoimmune disease  
A method for diagnosing a patient with an autoimmune disease using monoclonal antibodies to quantitate the amount of 680 kd, 54 kd, 44 kd or 14 kd present, wherein an elevated amount of protein...
5258312 Serum proteins used to detect autoimmune disease  
A method for diagnosing a patient with an autoimmune disease comprising assaying a blood sample from a patient for increased levels of the carbohydrate moieties of one or more proteins, said...
5252461 Mixed immunoglobulins for detection of rheumatoid factors  
Assays are provided for detecting the existence of active rheumatoid arthritis by detecting rheumatoid factor as a blood component which cross-links human IgG with sheep IgG. Particularly, an...
5250442 Method of treating rheumatoid arthritis using tetracycline  
A method of treating rheumatoid arthritis which includes first, taking a blood test to determine a rate of erythrocyte sedimentation and a rheumatoid factor, and then fasting for a 12-hour period...
5223396 Method for detecting organ transplant rejection  
A method for the detection of the presence of inflammation in a patient by measuring the amount of circulating intercellular adhesion molecule (cICAM-1) in a sample of one or more bodily fluids of...
5221628 Binding of aggregated immunoglobulin or immune complexes by serum amyloid P component  
A method of binding aggregated immunoglobulin or immune complexes comprising contacting them with serum amyloid P component ("SAP"). The invention also comprises methods of using SAP to detect or...
5164374 Use of oligosaccharides for treatment of arthritis  
A method for the treatment of arthritis or a related autoimmune disease that exhibits immune complexes in serum or synovial fluid is provided which comprises exposure of the serum or synovial fluid...
5140103 Peptide fragments containing HP and LP cross-links  
A method of determining collagen degradation in vivo, including quantitating the concentration of a peptide in a body fluid, the peptide being a C-terminal type II collagen telopeptide containing a...
5124250 Element for assaying rheumatoid factor quantitatively and method of assaying the same  
An element for assaying a rheumatoid factor quantitatively in biosamples, comprising a polyalkyl methacrylate solid carrier and serum albumin immobilized thereon, the serum albumin being...
5116766 Immune complex isolation  
To diagnose diseases in patients, a protein complex, RhC, is prepared from horse serum by precipitating a white powder from the serum at a pH of 5.5 and processing to remove lipids at a pH of 8.2...
5068177 Anti-idiotype antibodies induced by synthetic polypeptides  
Chemically synthesized polypeptides containing about 6 to 40 amino acid residues and having amino acid residue sequences that substantially correspond to the primary amino acid residue sequences of...
5061619 Immunoassay using antibody-antigen conjugates  
A novel immunoassay techniques is provided which is useful in the detection and determination of antibodies to antigens. Antibodies of all classes to a given antigen or the specific subclass of...
4925788 Immunoassay system and procedure based on precipitin-like interaction between immune complex and Clq or other non-immunospecific factor  
A test system and procedure for quantitatively assaying biological material for a target immunological substance by means of immunochemical binding of immune complexes, comprising the target...
4914041 Reagent and method for detecting rheumatoid factor  
A reagent for use in immunoassays for rheumatoid factor (RF) is provided. The reagent contains heparin. Use of this reagent suppresses interference from the component Glq found in some test...
4886743 Diagnostic reagents based on unique sequences within the variable region of the T cell receptor and uses thereof  
This invention provides a reagent capable of binding to T cells and having specificity for a unique sequence within the variable region of the β chain of the T cell receptor, the presence of...
4863850 Method for diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis  
A substantially pure rheumatoid arthritis specific protein (RASP) and an antibody against the rheumatoid arthritis specific protein (anti-RASP antibody) are disclosed. The RASP is found...
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