USE OF STAMP RELATED MOLECULES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND INHIBITION OF OVARIAN CANCER CELLS

摘要

The subject invention comprises methods for diagnosing ovarian cancer using a STAMP expression product biomarker, kits for diagnosing ovarian cancer using assays for the STAMP expression producing biomarker, compositions comprising STAMP siRNA, methods for inhibiting growth of ovarian cells expressing STAMP expression product, and methods for treating patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The invention is premised on the unexpected discovery that STAMP affects the physiologically relevant activity of ovarian cancer cell growth apparently independent of several steroid hormones.