簡要描述：This gene is predominantly expressed in prostate tissue, and is found to be upregulated in multiple cancer cell lines. The gene product is predicted to be a six transmembrane protein, and was shown to be a cell surface antigen significantly expressed at cell cell junctions.

Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in American men. Although the early serum detection of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) plays important ro