Cancer treatment method by inhibiting MAGE gene expression or function

摘要

Method for inhibiting tumor cell formation or tumor cell growth, and method for inducing apoptosis in sperms, the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an antagonist that inhibits MAGE gene expression or MAGE protein function. Preferably, the antagonist is an anti-MAGE antibody, an antisense molecule, an siRNA molecule, a molecule for forming a triplex nucleic acid molecule with a MAGE encoding polynucleotide, or a small molecule inhibitor of MAGE function. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and method for screening a substance that inhibits MAGE gene expression of MAGE protein function.