Anticuerpos de unión inmunosupresores y procedimientos para la obtención y la utilización de los mismos

摘要

The present invention relates among other things to antibodies that immunospecifically bind to at least one agent of interest (e.g., an immunosuppressive agent), methods for producing such antibodies, and immunoassays that employ said antibodies. Additionally, the present invention also relates to methods for selecting an antibody for use in a diagnostic immunoassay and methods for selecting an antigen for use in a diagnostic immunoassay. The present invention further relates to the improvement of antibody recognition of an active parent drug in the presence of one or more of its major metabolites.