Patent ID: 11913955
Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  C | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of detecting the intact growth and differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) propeptide level in a sample of a subject having cancer, the method comprising:
measuring the intact GDF15 propeptide level in the sample, and
comparing the intact GDF15 propeptide level obtained by the measurement with a reference value calculated from a control,
wherein the intact GDF15 propeptide consists of the amino acid sequence from the leucine at the 30th residue to the arginine at the 194th residue in the GDF15 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, and
wherein the cancer is one or more selected from the group consisting of stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and small cell lung cancer.