Tumor formation and reduced transcription of both sFRP1 gene and sFRP2
gene were found in Dlg gene knock-out mice, and thereby the following has
been provided: an agent for enhancing the expression and/or function of
sFRP, containing a compound having an effect of enhancing the expression
and/or function of Dlg; an agent for inhibiting tumor formation or an
agent for preventing and/or treating a tumor disease, containing the
agent for enhancing the expression and/or function of sFRP; a method of
enhancing the expression and/or function of sFRP, comprising enhancing
the expression and/or function of Dlg; a method of inhibiting tumor
formation or a method of preventing and/or treating a tumor disease,
comprising using the aforementioned enhancing agent or the aforementioned
enhancing method; a non-human mammal that is deficient in one or both of
Dlg alleles; a cell originating in the mammal; a method of identifying a
compound, comprising using the mammal or the cell; and a method of
examining a tumor tissue or a tumor cell, comprising measuring the
expression and/or function of Dlg.