Epitope analysis and detection of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) variants by monoclonal antibodies and mass spectrometry

Tumor Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1013-1022

  Lund, Hanne ^a   Paus, Elisabeth ^b   Berger, Peter ^c   Stenman, Ulf Håkan ^d   Torcellini, Tamara ^a   Halvorsen, Trine Grønhaug ^a   Reubsaet, Léon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

hCGn44 45 hCGn47 48; ISOBM; Mass spectrometry; Targeted proteomics hCG 1st international reference reagents

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ANTIBODY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA 47 48 SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT CF; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN NICKED BETA 44 45 SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN NICKED BETA SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN NICKED SUBUNIT; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; WORKSHOP;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84899077741     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: 14230380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13277-013-1135-y     Document Type: Article

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