Patents Assigned to Flinders Medical Centre
  • Transfected cell lines expressing autoantigens and their use in immunoassays for the detection of autoimmune disease
    Patent number: 5518881
    Abstract: This invention relates to improved in vitro immunoassay methods for detection of autoantibodies associated with autoimmune disease. More specifically, the invention relates to immunoassay methods which utilize a cell line stably transformed with a nucleic acid expressing an autoimmune antigen. This invention also relates to compositions comprising these cell lines and to kits containing such cell lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Flinders Medical Centre
    Inventors: Thomas P. Gordon, James McCluskey