摘要:
A method for preparing a monoclonal antibody which, when used in a monoclonal/polyclonal antibody sandwich immunoassay method for measuring an analyte which can exist in both free and binding protein complexed forms in a biological test sample, provides an equimolar response to the free and complexed forms of the analyte. The monoclonal antibody is selected to have the properties of (i) upon binding to the analyte, rendering the analyte substantially incapable of binding with antibodies that can bind the free form, but not the complexed form, of the analyte, and (ii) binding substantially equivalently with free and complexed analyte. The method is particularly useful in the measurement of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in blood, serum or plasma.
摘要:
A method for preparing a monoclonal antibody which, when used in a monoclonal/polyclonal antibody sandwich immunoassay method for measuring an analyte which can exist in both free and binding protein complexed forms in a biological test sample, provides an equimolar response to the free and complexed forms of the analyte. The monoclonal antibody is selected to have the properties of (i) upon binding to the analyte, rendering the analyte substantially incapable of binding with antibodies that can bind the free form, but not the complexed form, of the analyte, and (ii) binding substantially equivalently with free and complexed analyte. The method is particularly useful in the measurement of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in blood, serum or plasma.