84P2A9: A PROSTATE AND TESTIS SPECIFIC PROTEIN HIGHLY EXPRESSED IN PROSTATE CANCER

摘要

A novel gene (designated 84P2A9) and its encoded protein is described. While84P2A9 exhibits prostate and testis specific expression in normal adulttissue, it is aberrantly expressed multiple cancers including prostate,testis, kidney, brain, bone, skin, ovarian, breast, pancreas, colon,lymphocytic and lung cancers. Consequently, 84P2A9 provides a diagnosticand/or therapeutic target for cancers, and the 84P2A9 gene or fragmentthereof, or its encoded protein or a fragment thereof used to elicit an immuneresponse.