Therapeutic and prophylactic agent for glioma, brain tumor malignancy marker, brain tumor prognostic marker, method for determining malignancy and prognosis of brain tumor and antibody inhibiting tumor proliferation

Abstract

A novel agent is for treating or preventing a glioma. A marker for malignancy of a brain tumor and a prognostic marker for a brain tumor can be used in a method for determining malignancy of a brain tumor and a method for determining a prognosis for a brain tumor patient. The agent for treating or preventing a glioma can include an HVEM inhibitor as an active ingredient. The marker for malignancy of a brain tumor and the prognostic marker for a brain tumor can each include an HVEM protein or an HVEM gene. The method for determining malignancy of a brain tumor and the method for determining a prognosis for a brain tumor patient can each include measuring an HVEM expression amount in a biological sample of a subject.

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