CANCER ANTIGENS AND UTILIZATION THEREOF

摘要

It is intended to provide human pancreatic cancer and colon cancer antigens which are applicable to the diagnosis and treatment of various cancers such as pancreatic cancer and colon cancer and tumors, genes encoding the same, anticancer vaccines using the same, etc. Namely, a cancer antigen comprising a protein having the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1; a peptide comprising a part of the above protein and having an immune inducing activity; an anticancer vaccine containing the peptide; a DNA having the base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:2, a sequence complementary to it, or the full-length of such a sequence or a part thereof; an anticancer vaccine containing the DNA; and utilization of the same.