Abstract: The invention relates to a method of using a pair of leucine zipper peptides for in vitro diagnosis, in particular, for the immunochemical detection and determination of an analyte in a biological liquid. In one method, the first leucine zipper peptide is immobilized by attaching it to a solid support, the second leucine zipper peptide is coupled to a specific binding partner for the analyte, the two peptides are brought into contact, the sample of the biological liquid is brought into contact with the immobilized first peptide and the specific binding partner for the analyte, and the amount of analyte bound to the binding partner is determined. The leucine zipper peptides are preferably v-fos and c-jun.

Abstract: The invention relates to monoclonal antibodies against a tumor-associated antigen which is mainly derived from tumors from the group of carcinomas of the breast, ovaries and prostate, as well as adenocarcinomas of the lung, which additionally react with polymorphic epithelial mucin (PEM), to the preparation and use thereof and to the use of the epitope defined by the antibody for diagnosis and therapy.

Abstract: The invention relates to monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and fragments thereof which bind to defined tumor-associated antigens, principally of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC), of melanoma, of neuroblastoma and other tumors of neuroectodermal origin, to hybridoma cell lines for the preparation thereof, and to the antigens which can be defined and/or isolated with the aid of these antibodies or antibody fragments. The antibodies, antibody fragments and antigens can be used as diagnostic. aid, active substance or active substance carrier.

Abstract: Enzymatically clearable prodrugs with reduced Michaelis-Menten constant (Km) are described.

Abstract: The invention relates to bispecific and oligospecific, mono- and oligovalent receptors which are prepared by gene manipulation by fusion of DNA coding for F(ab) fragments of antibodies of two or more different specificities by means of suitable linkers. In this connection, one specificity is preferably directed either against an epitope, which is located on the cell membrane or in the interstitium, of a tumor-associated antigen (TAA) or against an epitope in the tumor endothelium (TE), while the other specificities relate to high-molecular or low-molecular weight ligands and react, for example, with the Komplexons ethylenediaminetetraacetate and diethylenetriaminepentaacetate in Y90 complexed form (EDTA-Y90 and DTPA-Y90 respectively). In a particularly preferred embodiment, the binding with the Komplexons takes place on the Komplexon receptor arm via fos-jun interaction (or else avidin-biotin interaction). Other preferred specificities have catalytic properties.

Abstract: Glycosylated prodrugs, a preparation method therefor, and their use with tumor-specific immunoenzymatic conjugates for the treatment of cancer, are described. These anthracycline prodrugs have formula (I).