METHOD AND REAGENT FOR DETECTING THYROID DISEASE THROUGH AUTOTAXIN MEASUREMENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of detecting thyroid disease by measuring autotaxin concentration.;SOLUTION: Provided is a method of detecting thyroid disease (preferably hyperthyroidism and more preferably Graves' disease), which involves measuring autotaxin [e.g., (i) autotaxin isoforms α, β, γ, δ, and ε, (ii) autotaxin isoforms α, β, and γ, or (iii) autotaxin isoforms δ, and ε] in a human specimen.;SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1;COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT