It is an object of the present invention to provide diagnostic reagents,
pharmaceuticals and the like for particular diseases, and providing means
that are useful in developing such reagents, pharmaceuticals and the
like. The present invention provides a novel polypeptide and a specific
partial peptide thereof, as well as a novel polynucleotide and a specific
partial nucleotide thereof, that can be used as cancer-specific
biomarkers; an expression vector for such a polynucleotide and a specific
partial peptide thereof; a transformant incorporating such an expression
vector; an antisense molecule, RNAi-inducing nucleic acid (e.g., siRNA),
aptamer, or antibody for a cancer-specific biomarker, and a composition
comprising the same; a mammalian cell or non-human mammal wherein the
expression or a function of a cancer-specific biomarker is regulated; a
measuring means (e.g., primer set, nucleic acid probe, antibody, aptamer)
for a cancer-specific biomarker, and a reagent comprising them and the
like.