The invention features a novel tumor-associated monoclonal antibody which recognizes the mitosis-associated antigen, 4F2. The invention provides methods and antibodies for identifying precancerous cells, mitotic cells, and displastic regions of tumors. The invention further provides methods, kits, and antibodies for inhibiting the proliferation of precancerous and/or endothelial cells, inhibiting tumor derived angiogenesis, inhibiting disorders associated with unwanted endothelial cell proliferation, and detecting the presence of tumor cells in a subject.
本发明的特征是一种新型肿瘤相关单克隆
抗体,它能识别有丝分裂相关抗原 4F2。本发明提供了识别癌前细胞、有丝分裂细胞和肿瘤有丝分裂区的方法和
抗体。本发明还提供了用于抑制癌前细胞和/或内皮细胞增殖、抑制肿瘤衍生血管生成、抑制与内皮细胞不需要的增殖相关的疾病以及检测受试者体内是否存在肿瘤细胞的方法、试剂盒和
抗体。