TUMOR VASCULATURE MARKERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF

摘要

This invention provides methods of detecting and localizing tumor vasculature cells (TVC) and solid tumors; and treating, impeding vascularization of, and determining the stage of solid tumors in a subject, comprising the step of contacting a subject or a TVC with a ligand that binds to a nucleic acid molecule of the present invention, or binds to a protein encoded by the nucleic acid molecule.