Sapporo Medical University

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.

Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.

Rena Morita

Toshihiko Torigoe

Yoshihiko Hirohashi

Kenjiro Kamiguchi

Satoshi Nishizawa

Akari Takahashi

Noriyuki Satoh

Akari Takaya

A molecular marker for detecting a cancer stem cell in a cell mass which is a subject of interest, wherein the molecular marker can be detected in a cancer stem cell contained in the subject of interest but cannot be detected in a normal cell and a cancer cell that is different from a cancer stem cell; a method for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell in a subject of interest by using the molecular marker as an measure; a kit for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell, which comprises at least a reagent for detecting the molecular marker; a polypeptide encoded by the molecular marker; an antibody capable of recognizing an epitope of an expression product of a gene derived from the molecular marker; a nucleic acid capable of inhibiting the expression of the molecular marker; and a nucleic acid vaccine comprising a gene derived from the molecular marker.

Molecular marker for cancer stem cell

Growing community of inventors

Sapporo, Japan

Rena Morita