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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Sayeeda Zain, Pittsford, NY (US);
Eugene Lukanidin, Copenhagen, DK;
Research Corporation Technologies, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards the diagnosis of malignant cancer by detection of the mts-1 mRNA or the mts-1 protein, encoded by the mts-1 gene. The present invention contemplates the use of recombinant mts-1 DNA and antibodies directed against the mts-1 protein to diagnose the metastatic potential of several types of tumor cells, including, for example, thyroid, epithelial, lung, liver and kidney tumor cells. The present invention is also directed to mammalian cell lines and tumors with high and low metastatic potential which have been developed to serve as useful model systems for in vitro and in vivo anti-metastasis drug screening.