METHODS FOR COMPARING GENE EXPRESSION LEVELS OR PATERNS IN NORMAL OR TUMOR CELLS

摘要

The invention concerns a method of determining the presence or absence of a biological condition in humans, in particular of colon cancer, and of determining the stage of a condition in human tissue by determining an expression pattern of a cell sample. Further, the invention relates to a method of determining the presence or absence of a biological condition in human tissue, and of determining the stage of a biological condition in human tissue, and also for reducing biological abnormalities of a cell suffering from the biological condition. A method for producing antibodies against an expression product of a cell from the tissue is also described. The invention also discloses a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a biological condition comprising at least one antibody, and a vaccine for the prophylaxis or treatment of a biological condition. Further the invention describes the use of a method for producing an assay for diagnosing a biological condition in human tissue, the use of a peptide or a gene or a probe for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a biological condition in human tissue, and an assay for determining the presence or absence of biological condition in human tissue and for determining an expression pattern of a cell.