TREATMENT METHODS USING 17906 AND USES THEREFOR

摘要

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of bone associated or cellular proliferative or differentiative disease. Specifically, the present invention identifies 17906 genes which are differentially expressed in bone associated or cellular proliferative or differentiative disease states, relative to their expression in normal, or non-bone associated or non-cellular proliferative or differentiative disease states, and/or in response to manipulations relevant to bone associated or cellular proliferative or differentiative disease. The present invention describes methods for the diagnostic evaluation and prognosis of various bone associated or cellular proliferative or differentiative diseases, and for the identification of subjects exhibiting a predisposition to such conditions. The present invention provides methods for the diagnostic monitoring of patients undergoing clinical evaluation for the treatment of bone associated or cellular proliferative or differentiative disease, and for monitoring the efficacy of compounds in clinical trials. The present invention also provides methods for the identification and therapeutic use of compounds as treatments of bone associated or cellular proliferative or differentiative disease.