Patent ID: 6265227
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: C07K,G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for assaying a protein which results from certain disorders caused by mental stress in a human body fluid by an immunoassay technique, wherein the immunoassay utilizes an antibody against the protein resulting from certain disorders caused by mental stress, said method comprising the following steps:contacting a mental stress-related protein with an antibody or fragment thereof, which specifically binds to said protein to form a mixture of antigen-antibody reaction products;detecting the presence of said antigen-antibody reaction products; andcorrelating the detected antigen-antibody reaction products with a control standard sample to yield the concentration of mental stress-related protein, wherein said protein or fragment thereof has the following properties:(1) a molecular weight of about 14 kDa; and(2) a N-terminal partial sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1.