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Last Updated: March 29, 2024

Claims for Patent: 8,329,409


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Summary for Patent: 8,329,409
Title:Methods, kits, and antibodies for detecting parathyroid hormone
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel methods and compositions useful for detecting whole parathyroid hormone at a physiological level and parathyroid fragments in a mammalian sample. Such detections may be useful to different parathyroid diseases or disorders in a subject, such as hyperparathyroidism and related bone diseases, from normal or non-disease states. One detects whole or non-fragmented (1 to 84) parathyroid hormone in a biological sample and optionally one or more of a selection of non-whole parathyroid hormone peptide fragments that may or may not function as a parathyroid hormone antagonists. By either comparing values or using independently the value of either the one or more of a selection of non-whole parathyroid hormone peptide fragments, the whole parathyroid hormone, or the combination of these values one is able to differentiate parathyroid and bone related disease states, as well as differentiate such states from normal states.
Inventor(s): Cantor; Thomas L. (El Cajon, CA), Gao; Ping (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: Scantibodies Laboratory, Inc. (Santee, CA)
Application Number:11/894,367
Patent Claims:1. A multiple antigenic peptide (MAP), which MAP comprises a branched oligolysine core conjugated with a plurality of the PTH peptide selected from the group consisting of PTH.sub.2-5, PTH.sub.2-6, PTH.sub.2-8, PTH.sub.2-9, PTH.sub.2-11, PTH.sub.2-13, PTH.sub.2-16, PTH.sub.2-17, PTH.sub.2-18, PTH.sub.2-19 PTH.sub.2-20, PTH.sub.2-21, PTH.sub.2-22, PTH.sub.2-23, PTH.sub.2-24, PTH.sub.2-25, PTH.sub.2-26, PTH.sub.2-27, PTH.sub.2-30, PTH.sub.2-31, PTH.sub.2-32, and PTH.sub.2-33.

2. The MAP of claim 1, wherein the branched oligolysine core comprises 3, 7 or 15 lysine residues.

3. The MAP of claim 1, wherein the plurality of the PTH peptide is conjugated to the branched oligolysine core via a spacer.

4. The MAP of claim 3, wherein the spacer is an amino acid residue.

5. The MAP of claim 3, which comprises 4, 8 or 16 copies of the PTH peptide.

6. The MAP of claim 1, wherein the plurality of the PTH peptide comprises same or different PTH peptides.

7. A method for producing an antibody to a parathyroid hormone (PTH) or a PTH peptide, which method comprises: a) introducing a MAP of claim 1 to a mammal in an amount sufficient to produce an antibody to a PTH peptide comprised in said MAP; and b) recovering said antibody from said mammal.

8. An antibody to a PTH or a PTH peptide produced by the method of claim 7.

9. A kit for producing an antibody to a parathyroid hormone (PTH) or a PTH peptide, which kit comprises: a) a MAP of claim 1; b) means for introducing said MAP to a mammal in an amount sufficient to produce an antibody to a PTH peptide comprised in said MAP; and c) means for recovering said antibody from said mammal.

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