METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS UTILIZING AN ALTERNATIVE SPLICE VARIANT OF THE SIGMA-1 RECEPTOR

摘要

A new variant of the sigma-1 ( sigma 1)receptor is useful in screening compounds useful in the imaging and treatment of proliferative masses (i.e., tumors). This new variant, named sigma-1 beta ( sigma 1 beta ) finds particular use in the non-invasive diagnosis of cancer and more particularly in the diagnosis of proliferative cancer cells.