Inventors:
Jerome B. Posner - New York NY
Josep O. Dalmau - New York NY
Myrna R. Rosenfeld - New York NY
Assignee:
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research - New York NY
International Classification:
G01N 3353
US Classification:
435 723, 435 71, 435 72, 435 721, 436 64, 436501, 436503, 436811, 436815, 5303871, 4241301
Abstract:
Ma family polypeptides Ma1, Ma2, Ma3, Ma4 and Ma5 are disclosed, as are nucleic acids encoding the Ma family polypeptides, antibodies that bind to Ma family polypeptides, and methods of diagnosis of paraneoplastic syndromes, by assessing a test sample from an individual for the presence or absence, or amount, of antibodies to Ma family polypeptides.