Method and diagnostic kit for diagnosis and/or prospective following of injury at the point of the pulmonary microcirculation.

摘要

The invention relates to the use of a specific antibody for an antigen which is secreted by the alveolar lumina in a biological material under the influence of injury at the point of the pulmonary microcirculation, for the manufacture of a diagnostic kit for diagnosis and/or prospective following of this injury at the point of said pulmonary microcirculation and to a method for diagnosis and/or prospective following of injury at the point of the pulmonary microcirculation, comprising the immunological determination of said antigen or antigens secreted by the alveolar lumina microcirculation under influence of this injury. Preferably the antigen is placental alkaline phosphatase or beta 2 microglobulin.