摘要:
A method of providing a clinical decision support in allergy diagnosis comprises the steps of: a) providing a body fluid sample from a patient, b) selecting (1 10) a plurality of allergens to be tested for in the sample, c) determining (120) for each allergen the concentration in the sample of at least one immunoglobulin directed against the allergen, d) transforming (130) each determined immunoglobulin concentration to a clinical effect value on a normalized scale common to allergens in general, e) assigning to each allergen tested for, based on known cross-reactivity information for the allergen, an allergen specificity value, representing the degree of cross-reactivity for the allergen, and f) presenting (140) determined clinical effect and allergen specificity values for each allergen, or a group or groups of the allergens. A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a patient information carrier device containing a diagnosis result are also disclosed.
摘要:
Lateral flow assay devices and methods for detecting a first member of a specific binding pair in a sample which comprises a plurality of nonspecific binding pair members are adapted for two step determinations. In one embodiment, a two step lateral flow assay method for identifying IgE antibodies in a sample comprises applying a sample to a sample port of a device, wherein the device is adapted to deliver the sample to a lateral flow matrix having a plurality of IgE antigen species immobilized at respective positions at a first location The two step method further comprises allowing the sample to travel along the lateral flow matrix through the immobilized plurality of IgE antigen species to a second location downstream of the first location, applying liquid buffer to the lateral flow matrix to mobilize labeled reagent which is adapted to bind anti-IgE antibody and is dried on the lateral flow matrix at a location upstream of the delivery of the filtered sample to the lateral flow matrix, and allowing labeled reagent mobilized by the liquid buffer to travel along the lateral flow matrix through the immobilized plurality of IgE antigen species to a location downstream of the first location. Further embodiments comprise additional lateral flow immunoassay devices and methods for identifying IgE antibodies in a sample.
摘要:
A recombinant DNA molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence (I) which codes for a polypeptide displaying the antigenicity of one, two or more of the Phl p I epitope clones (28, 34, 41, 42, 43, 50, 52, 64, 80, 85, 86, 95, 97, 98, 103, 108, 109, 113, 114) with the amino acid sequences defined in figure 2 and preferably being derived from grasses or monocotyledonic plants, or a nucleotide sequence (II) which hybridizes with such a nucleotide sequence (I) under conditions of high stringency. Polypeptides displaying the antigenicity of one, two or more of the Phl p I epitope clones (28, 34, 41, 42, 43, 50, 52, 64, 80, 85, 86, 95, 97, 98, 103, 108, 109, 113, 114) with the amino acid sequences defined in figure 2. Recombinant expression vectors containing the recombinant molecule and host cells transformed with the vector. Diagnostic methods based on utilizing the polypeptides in immunoassays for humoral antibodies and cellular reactions.
摘要:
The present invention relates generally to the detection and identification of various forms of genetic markers, and various forms of proteins, which have the potential utility as diagnostic markers. By determining the level of a plurality of biomarkers and genetic markers in a patient sample, and combining the obtained values according to a predefined formula, it is possible to determine if it is likely that the patient suffers from aggressive prostate cancer. The present invention is particularly applicable only for patients having a body mass index value greater than 25.