摘要:
An automatic analyzing apparatus 10 includes a chip rack 11 that stores a pipette chip, a pipette 12 into which a specimen is injected, a conveyance unit that conveys the pipette 12 by parallel translation, a reagent rack 14, a reaction unit 15, a detection unit 16, and a detection block unit 17. The pipette chip stored by the chip rack 11 has a planar structure to directly and optically detect the specimen. The chip rack 11 includes, in a hole that receives the pipette chip, a guide corresponding to the structure of the pipette chip. The pipette 12 sucks or discharges the specimen via the pipette chip mounted onto the tip thereof by a drive of a pump. In the detection unit 16, a measurement is carried out with the pipette chip arranged so that the plane that receives light is vertical to an optical axis.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel determination method which is capable of determining prostate carcinoma with a higher biopsy avoidance rate. The present invention relates to a method for determining prostate carcinoma, including obtaining a ratio 1 between an amount of a free prostate specific antigen and an amount of a free PSA having an α(2,3) glycan, the free PSA having an α(2,3) glycan being a free prostate specific antigen having a glycan in which a terminal sialic acid residue of the glycan is α(2,3)-linked to a second galactose residue from a terminal of the glycan, in a sample derived from a subject; obtaining a ratio 2 between the ratio 1 and a volume of the prostate of the subject; and determining prostate carcinoma based on the obtained ratio 2.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel Pca determination method and a Pca malignancy determination method. The present invention is an invention relating to a "prostate carcinoma determination method, including determining the ratio of the amount of free prostate specific antigen, which has a glycan in which the terminal sialic acid residue of the glycan is α(2,3)-linked to a second galactose residue from the terminal of the glycan, to the amount of free PSA in a biological sample, and then determining that prostate carcinoma is developed or the probability of developing prostate carcinoma is high in the case where the ratio is 40% or higher."
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for distinguishing between prostate carcinoma and benign prostatic hyperplasia with high sensitivity and good reproducibility using a small amount of an analyte sample. The method for distinguishing between prostate carcinoma and benign prostatic hyperplasia according to the present invention as a solution means thereof comprises: bringing an analyte sample containing a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) into contact with a carrier having an anti-free PSA antibody immobilized thereon, thereby binding free PSA to the anti-free PSA antibody immobilized on the carrier; thereafter bringing the carrier in which the free PSA is bound to the immobilized anti-free PSA antibody into contact with a monoclonal antibody capable of specifically recognizing a glycan in which a terminal sialic acid residue is bound to galactose through an α(2,3) bond, thereby binding the monoclonal antibody capable of specifically recognizing a glycan in which a terminal sialic acid residue is bound to galactose through an α(2, 3) bond to the free PSA bound to the anti-free PSA antibody immobilized on the carrier; measuring the amount of the free PSA having an N-type glycan in which a terminal sialic acid residue is bound to galactose through an α(2, 3) bond; comparing the measured amount thus obtained with a preset cutoff value for prostate carcinoma and benign prostatic hyperplasia, thereby determining that when the measured amount is larger than the cutoff value, prostate carcinoma is developed or the probability of developing prostate carcinoma is high, and when the measured amount is smaller than the cutoff value, benign prostatic hyperplasia is developed or the probability of developing benign prostatic hyperplasia is high.