摘要:
It is intended to provide an antibody showing a selective immunoreactivity for ADAMTS-13 and employ this antibody in epitope analysis or diagnosis of an ADAMTS-13 autoantibody-positive patient. Moreover, it is intended to provide a process for producing a modified ADAMTS-13 molecule having a partial deletion aiming at the application thereof to drugs and use thereof. Namely, an antibody specific for ADAMTS-13 which can be obtained from a warm-blooded animal immunologically sensitized with a polypeptide containing the whole ADAMTS-13 amino acid sequence or a part thereof; a process for producing an antibody involving the step of immunologically sensitizing a warm-blooded animal with a polypeptide containing the whole ADAMTS-13 amino acid sequence or a part thereof; use of the above-described antibody involving a method of detecting ADAMTS-13 and a purification method; and a modified ADAMTS-13 molecule having a partial deletion.