the serex methodology , as described by , e . g . sahin , et al ., proc . natl . acad . sci . usa 92 : 11810 - 11813 ( 1995 ); chen , et al ., proc . natl . acad . sci . usa 94 : 1914 - 1918 ( 1997 ), and u . s . pat . no . 5 , 698 , 396 , all of which are incorporated by reference . in brief , total rna was extracted from a sample of a cutaneous metastasis of a breast cancer patient ( referred to as “ br11 ” hereafter ), using standard csci guanidine thiocyanate gradient methodologies . a cdna library was then prepared , using commercially available kits designed for this purpose . following the serex methodology referred to supra , this cdna expression library was amplified , and screened with either autologous br11 serum which had been diluted to 1 : 200 , or with allogeneic , pooled serum , obtained from 7 different breast cancer patients , which had been diluted to 1 : 1000 . to carry out the screen , serum samples were first diluted to 1 : 10 , and then preabsorbed with lysates of e . coli that had been transfected with naked vector , and the serum samples were then diluted to the levels described supra . the final dilutions were incubated overnight at room temperature with nitrocellulose membranes containing phage plaques , at a density of 4 - 5000 plaque forming units (“ pfus ”) per 130 mm plate . nitrocellulose filters were washed , and incubated with alkline phosphatase conjugated , goat anti - human fcγ secondary antibodies , and reactive phage plaques were visualized via incubation with 5 - bromo - 4 - chloro - 3 - indolyl phosphate and nitroblue tetrazolium . this procedure was also carried out on a normal testicular cdna library , using a 1 : 200 serum dilution . a total of 1 . 12 × 10 6 pfus were screened in the breast cancer cdna library , and 38 positive clones were identified . with respect to the testicular library , 4 × 10 5 pfus were screened , and 28 positive clones were identified . additionally , 8 × 10 5 pfus from the br11 cdna library were screened using the pooled serum described . of these , 23 were positive . the positive clones were subcloned , purified , and excised to forms suitable for insertion in plasmids . following amplification of the plasmids , dna inserts were evaluated via restriction mapping ( ecori - xbai ), and clones which represented different cdna inserts were sequenced using standard methodologies . if sequences were identical to sequences found in genbank , they were classified as known genes , while sequences which shared identity only with ests , or were identical to nothing in these data bases , were designated as unknown genes . of the clones from the breast cancer library which were positive with autologous serum , 3 were unknown genes . of the remaining 35 , 15 were identical to either ny - eso - 1 , or ssx2 , two known members of the ct antigen family described supra , while the remaining clones corresponded to 14 known genes . of the testicular library , 12 of the clones were ssx2 . the ny - eso - 1 antigen was not found , probably because the commercial library that was used had been size fractionated to have an average length of 1 . 5 kilobases , which is larger than full length ny - eso - 1 cdna which is about 750 base pairs long . with respect to the screening carried out with pooled , allogeneic sera , four of the clones were ny - eso - 1 . no other ct antigens were identified . with the exception of ny - eso - 1 , all of the genes identified were expressed universally in normal tissue . a full listing of the isolated genes , and their frequency of occurrence follows , in tables 1 , 2 and 3 . two genes were found in both the br11 and testicular libraries , i . e ., poly ( adp - ribose ) polymerase , and tumor suppression gene ing1 . the poly ( adp - ribose ) polymerase gene has also been found in colon cancer libraries screened via serex , as is disclosed by scanlan , et al ., int . j . cancer 76 : 652 - 58 ( 1998 ) when the genes identified in the screening of the br11 cdna library by autologous and allogeneic sera were compared , ny - eso - 1 and human keratin . the mrna expression pattern of the cdnas identified in example 1 , in both normal and malignant tissues , was studied . to do this , gene specific oligonucleotide primers were designed which would amplify cdna segments 300 - 600 base pairs in length , using a primer melting temperature of 65 - 70 ° c . the primers used for amplifying mage - 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 , bage , ny - eso - 1 , scp1 , and ssx1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 were known primers , or were based on published sequences . see chen , et al . supra ; tureci , et al ., proc . natl . acad . sci . usa 95 : 5211 - 16 ( 1998 ). gure , et al ., int . j . cancer 72 : 965 - 71 ( 1997 ); chen , et al ., proc . natl . acad . sci . usa 91 : 1004 - 1008 ( 1994 ); gaugler , et al ., j . exp . med . 179 : 921 - 930 ( 1994 ), deplaen , et al ., immunogenetics 40 : 360 - 369 ( 1994 ), all of which are incorporated by reference . rt - pcr was carried out for 35 amplification cycles , at an annealing temperature of 60 ° c . using this rt - pcr assay , the breast cancer tumor specimen was positive for a broad range of ct antigens , including mage - 1 , 3 and 4 , bage , ssx2 , ny - eso - 1 and ct7 . the known ct antigens scp - 1 , ssx1 , 4 and 5 were not found to be expressed . an additional set of experiments were carried out , in which the seroreactivity of patient sera against tumor antigens was tested . specially , elisas were carried out , in accordance with stockert , et al ., j . exp . med . 187 : 1349 - 1354 ( 1998 ), incorporated by reference , to determine if antibodies were present in the patient sera . assays were run for mage - 1 , mage - 3 , ny - eso - 1 , and ssx2 . the elisas were positive for ny - eso - 1 and ssx2 , but not the two mage antigens . two clones ( one from the breast cancer cdna library and one from the testicular library ), were identified as a gene referred to as ing1 , which is a tumor suppressor gene candidate . see garkavtsev , et al ., nature 391 : 295 - 8 ( 1998 ), incorporated by reference . the sequence found in the breast cancer library , differed from the known sequence of ing1 at six residues , i . e ., positions 818 , 836 , 855 , 861 , 866 and 874 . the sequence with the six variants is set forth at seq id no : 1 . the sequence of wild type ing1 is set out at seq id no : 2 . to determine if any of these differences represented a mutation in tumors , a short , pcr fragment which contained the six positions referred to supra was amplified from a panel of allogeneic normal tissue , subcloned , amplified , and sequenced following standard methods . the results indicated that the sequences in the allogeneic tissues were identical to what was found in tumors , ruling out the hypothesis that the sequence differences were a tumor associated mutation . this conclusion was confirmed , using the testicular library clone , and using restriction analysis of ing1 cdna taken from normal tissues . one must conclude , therefore , that the sequence information provided by garkavtsev , et al ., supra , is correct . additional experiments were carried out to determine whether genetic variations might exist in the 5 ′ portion of the ing1 gene , which might differ from the 5 ′ portion of the clone discussed supra ( seq id no : 1 ). in a first group of experiments , attempts were made to obtain full length ing1 cdna from both the breast tumor library , and the testicular library . seq id no : 1 was used as a probe of the library , using standard methods . four clones were isolated from the testicular library and none were isolated from the breast cancer library . the four clones , following sequencing , were found to derive from three transcript variants . the three variants were identical from position 586 down to their 3 ′ end , but differed in their 5 ′ regions , suggesting alternatively spliced variants , involving the same exon - intron junction . all three differed from the sequence of ing1 described by garkavtsev , et al ., in nat . genet . 14 : 415 - 420 ( 1996 ). these three variants are set out as seq id nos : 1 , 3 and 4 . all of the sequences were then analyzed . the orfs of seq id nos : 2 , 1 and 4 ( seq id no : 2 is the originally disclosed , ing1 sequence ), encode polypeptides of 294 , 279 and 235 amino acids , of which 233 are encoded by the 3 ′ region common to the three sequences . these putative sequences are set out as seq id nos : 19 , 5 , and 7 . with respect to seq id no : 3 , however , no translational initiation site could be identified in its 5 ′ region . the data regarding seq id no : 3 , described supra suggested further experiments to find additional orfs in the 5 - end of variant transcripts of the molecule . in order to determine this , 5 ′- race - pcr was carried out using gene specific and adapted specific primers , together with commercially available products , and standard methodologies . cloning and sequencing of the products of race pcr showed that the variant sequence of seq id no : 4 was 5 ′ to seq id no : 3 , and that full length cdna for the variant seq id no : 3 contained an additional exon 609 nucleotides long , positioned between seq id no : 3 and the shared , 3 ′ sequence referred to supra . this exon did not include an orf . the first available initiation site would be an initial methionine at amino acid 70 of seq id no : 1 . thus , if expressed , seq id no : 3 would correspond to a molecule with a 681 base pair , untranslated 5 ′ end and a region encoding 210 amino acids ( seq id no : 6 ). the presence of transcript variants with at least 3 different trancriptional initiation sites , and possibly different promoters , suggested that mrna expression might be under different , tissue specific regulation . to determine this , variant - specific primers were synthesized , and rt - pcr was carried out on a panel of tissues , using standard methods . seq id no : 1 was found to be expressed universally in all of the normal breast , brain and testis tissues examined , in six breast cancer lines , and 8 melanoma cell lines , and in cultured melanocytes . seq id no : 3 was found to be expressed in four of the six breast cancer lines , normal testis , liver , kidney , colon and brain . seq id no : 4 was only found to be expressed by normal testis cells and weakly in brain cells . a further set of experiments were carried out to determine if antibodies against ing1 were present in sera of normal and cancer patients . a phase plaque immuno assay of the type described supra was carried out , using clones of seq id no : 1 as target of 14 allogeneic sera taken from breast cancer patients , two were positive at 1 : 200 dilutions . all normal sera were negative . the br11 cdna library described supra was then screened , using seq id no : 1 and standard methodologies . a 593 base pair cdna was identified , which was different from any sequences in the data banks consulted . the sequence of this cdna molecule is set out at seq id no : 8 . the cdna molecule set forth as seq id no : 1 was then used in southern blotting experiments . in brief , genomic dna was isolated from normal human tissue , digested with bamhi or hind iii , and then separated onto 0 . 7 % agarose gel , blotted onto nitrocellulose filters , and hybridized using 32 p labelled seq id no : 1 , at high stringency conditions ( aqueous buffer , 65 ° c .). the probes were permitted to hybridize overnight , and then exposed for autoradiography . two hybridizing dna species were identified , i . e ., seq id nos : 1 and 8 . the cdna molecule set forth in seq id no : 8 was then analyzed . 5 ′- race pcr was carried out using normal fetus cdna . full length cdna for the molecule is 771 base pairs long , without the poly a tail . it shows strong homology to seq id no : 1 , with the strongest homology in the 5 ′ two - thirds ( 76 % identity over nucleotide 1 - 480 ); however , the longest orf is only 129 base pairs , and would encode a poly peptide 42 amino acids long which was homologous to , but much shorter than , the expected expression product of seq id no : 1 . in addition to the coding region , seq id no : 8 contains 203 base pairs of 5 ′- untranslated region , and 439 base pairs of 3 ′- untranslated region . rt - pcr assays were carried out , as described supra . all of the normal tissues tested , including brain , colon , testis , tissue and breast , were positive for expression of this gene . eight melanoma cell lines were tested , of which seven showed varying levels of expression , and one showed no expression . six breast cancer cell lines were tested , of which four showed various levels of expression , and two showed no expression . an additional breast cancer cdna library , referred to as “ br17 - 128 ”, was screened , using autologous sera . a cdna molecule was identified . analysis of the sequence suggested that it was incomplete at the 5 ′ end . to extend the sequence , a testicular cdna library was screened with a nucleotide probe based upon the partial sequence identified in the breast cancer library . an additional 1200 base pairs were identified following these screenings . the 2011 base pairs of information are set forth in seq id no : 15 . the longest open reading frame is 1539 base pairs , corresponding to a protein of about 59 . 15 kilodaltons . the deduced sequence is set forth at seq id no : 16 . strong signals were observed in normal testis and breast tissue , and weak expression was observed in placenta . no expression was found in normal brain , kidney , liver , colon , adrenal , fetal brain , lung , pancreas , prostate , thymus , uterus , and ovary tissue of tumor cell lines tested , 2 of the breast cancer lines were strongly positive and two were weakly positive . of melanoma two of 8 were strongly positive , and 3 were weakly positive . of lung cancer cell lines , 4 of 15 were strongly positive , and 3 were weakly positive . when cancer tissue specimens were tested , 16 of 25 breast cancer samples were strongly positive , and 3 additional samples were weakly positive . two of 36 melanoma samples were positive ( one strong , one weak ). all other cancer tissue samples were negative . when northern blotting was carried out , a high molecular weight smear was observed in testis , but in no other tissues tested . further experiments were carried out using the tumor sample referred to in example 10 , supra . this sample was derived from a subcutaneous metastasis of a 60 year old female breast cancer patient . total rna was extracted , as described supra . following the extraction , a cdna library was constructed in λ - zap expression vectors , also as described supra . screening was carried out , using the protocol set forth in example 1 . a total of 7 × 10 5 pfus were screened . fourteen reactive clones were identified , purified , and sequenced . the sequences were then compared to published sequences in genbank and est databases . these analyses indicated that the clones were derived from seven distinct genes , two of which were known , and five unknown . the two known genes were “ pbk - 1 ” ( three clones ), and ti - 227 ( one clone ). these are universally expressed genes , with the libraries referred to supra showing ests for these genes from many different tissues . with respect to the remaining 10 clones , six were derived from the same gene , referred to hereafter as “ ny - br - 1 .” three cdna sequences were found in the est database which shared identity with the gene . two of these ( ai951118 and aw 373574 ) were identified as being derived from a breast cancer library , while the third ( aw 170035 ), was from a pooled tissue source . the distribution of the new gene ny - br - 1 referred to supra was determined via rt - pcr . in brief , gene specific oligonucleotide ny - br - 1 primers were designed to amplify cdna segments 300 - 600 base pairs in length , with primer melting temperatures estimated at 65 - 70 ° c . the rt - pcr was then carried out over 30 amplification cycles , using a thermal cycler , and an annealing temperature of 60 ° c . products were analyzed via 1 . 5 % gel electrophoresis , and ethidium bromide visualization . fifteen normal tissues ( adrenal gland , fetal brain , lung , mammary gland , pancreas , placenta , prostate , thyrnus , uterus , ovary , brain , kidney , liver , colon and testis ) were assayed . the ny - br - 1 clone gave a strong signal in mammary gland and testis tissue , and a very faint signal in placenta au other tissues were negative . the other clones were expressed universally , based upon comparison to information in the est database library , and were not pursued further . the expression pattern of ny - br - 1 in cancer samples was then tested , by carrying out rt - pcr , as described supra , on tumor samples . caaagcagag cctcccgaga ag ( seq id no : 20 ) and cctatgctgc tcttcgattc ttcc ( seq id no : 21 ) were used . of twenty - five breast cancer samples tested , twenty two were positive for ny - br - 1 . of these , seventeen gave strong signals , and five gave weak to modest signals . an additional 82 non - mammary tumor samples were also analyzed , divided into 36 melanoma , 26 non small cell lung cancer , 6 colon cancer , 6 squamous cell carcinoma , 6 transitional cell carcinoma , and two leiyomyosarcomas . only two melanoma samples were positive for ny - br - 1 expression . the study was then extended to expression of ny - br - 1 in tissue culture . cell lines derived from breast tumor , melanoma , and small cell lung cancer were studied . four of six breast cancer cells were positive ( two were very weak ), four of eight melanoma ( two very weak ), and seven of fourteen small cell lung cancer lines ( two very weak ) were positive . in order to determine the complete cdna molecule for ny - br - 1 , the sequences of the six clones referred to supra were compiled , to produce a nucleotide sequence 1464 base pairs long . analysis of the open reading frame showed a continuous orf throughout , indicating that the compiled sequence is not complete . comparison of the compiled sequence with the three est library sequences referred to supra allowed for extension of the sequence . the est entry aw170035 ( 446 base pairs long ) overlapped the compiled sequence by 89 base pairs at its 5 ′ end , permitting extension of the sequence by another 357 base pairs . a translational terminal codon was identified in this way , leading to a molecule with a 3 ′- untranslated region 333 base pairs long . the 5 ′ end of the molecule was lacking , however , which led to the experiment described infra . in order to determine the missing , 5 ′ end of the clone described supra , a commercially available testis cdna expression library was screened , using a pcr expression product of the type described supra as a probe . in brief 5 × 104 pfus per 150 mm plate were transferred to nitrocellulose membranes , which were then submerged in denaturation solution ( 1 . 5nacl and 0 . 5 m naoh ), transferred to neutralization solution ( 1 . 5 m nacl and 0 . 5m tris - hcl ), and then rinsed with 0 . 2m tris - hcl , and 2 × ssc . probes were labelled with 32 p and hybridization was carried out at high stringency conditions ( i . e ., 68 ° c ., aqueous buffer ). any positive clones were subcloned , purified , and in vivo excised to plasmid pbk - cmv , as described supra . one of the clones identified in this way included an additional 1346 base pairs at the 5 ′ end ; however , it was not a full length molecule . a 5 ′- race - pcr was carried out , using commercially available products . the pcr product was cloned into plasmid vector pgemt and sequenced . the results indicated that cdna sequence was extended 1292 base pairs further , but no translation initiation site could be determined , because no stop codons could be detected . it could be concluded , however , that the cdna of the ny - br17 clone comprises at least 4026 nucleotides , which are presented as seq id no : 22 . the molecule , as depicted , encodes a protein at least about 152 . 8 kda in molecular weight . structurally , there are 99 base pairs 5 ′ to the presumed translation initiation site , and an untranslated segment 333 base pairs long at the 3 ′ end . the predicted amino acid sequence of the coding region for seq id no : 22 is set out at seq . id no : 23 . seq id no : 23 was analyzed for motifs , using the known search programs prosite and pfam . a bipartite nuclear localization signal motif was identified at amino acids 17 - 34 , suggesting that the protein is a nuclear protein . five tandem ankyrin repeats were identified , at amino acids 49 - 81 , 82 - 114 , 115 - 147 , 148 - 180 and 181 - 213 . a bzip site ( i . e . a dna binding site followed by a leucine zipper motif ) was found at amino acid positions 1077 - 1104 , suggesting a transcription factor function . it was also observed that three repetitive elements were identified in between the ankyrin repeats and the bzip dna binding site . to elaborate , a repetitive element 117 nucleotides long is trandemly repeated 3 times , between amino acids 459 - 815 . the second repetitive sequence , consisting of 11 amino acids , repeats 7 times between amino acids 224 and 300 . the third repetitive element , 34 amino acids long , is repeated twice , between amino acids 301 - 368 . the six clones described supra were compared , and analysis revealed that they were derived from two different splice variants . specifically , two clones , referred to as “ br17 - 8 ” and “ br 17 - 44a ”, contain one more exon , of 111 base pairs ( nucleotides 3015 - 3125 of seq id no : 22 ), which encodes amino acids 973 - 1009 of seq id no : 23 , than do clones br 17 - 1a , br17 - 35b and br17 - 44b . the shortest of the six clones , br17 - 128 , starts 3 ′ to the additional exons . the key structural elements referred to supra were present in both splice variants , suggesting that there was no difference in biological function . the expression pattern of the two splice variants was assessed via pt - pcr , using primers which spanned the 111 base pair exon referred to supra . aatgggaaca agagctctgc ag ( seq id no : 24 ) and gggtcatctg aagttcagca ttc ( seq id no : 25 ) both variants were expressed strongly in normal testis and breast . the longer variant was dominant in testis , and the shorter variant in breast cells . when breast cancer cells were tested , co - typing of the variant was observed , ( 7 strongly , 2 weakly positive , and 1 negative ), with the shorter variant being the predominant form consistently . the frequency of antibody response against ny - br - 1 in breast cancer patients was tested . to do this , a recombinant protein consisting of amino acids 993 - 1188 of seq id no : 23 was prepared . ( this is the protein encoded by clone br 17 - 128 , referred to supra ). a total of 140 serum samples were taken from breast cancer patients , as were 60 normal serum samples . these were analyzed via western blotting , using standard methods . four of the cancer sera samples were positive , including a sample from patient br 17 . all normal sera were negative . an additional set of experiments was then carried out to determine if sera recognized the portion of ny - br - 1 protein with repetitive elements . to do this , a different recombinant protein , consisting of amino acids 405 - 1000 was made , and tested in western blot assays . none of the four antibody positive sera reacted with this protein indicating that an antibody epitope is located in the non - repetitive , carboxy terminal end of the molecule . the screening of the testicular cdna library referred to supra resulted , inter alia , in the identification of a cdna molecule that was homologous to ny - br - 1 . the molecule is 3673 base pairs in length , excluding the poly a tail . this corresponded to nucleotides 1 - 3481 of seq id no : 22 , and showed 62 % homology thereto . no sequence identity to sequences in libraries was noted . orf analysis identified an orf from nucleotide 641 through the end of the sequence , with 54 % homology to the protein sequence of seq . id no : 23 . the atg initiation codon of this sequence is 292 base pairs further 3 ′ to the presumed initiation codon of ny - br - 1 , and is preceded by 640 untranslated base pairs at its 5 ′ end . this 640 base pair sequence includes scattered stop codons . the nucleotide sequence and deduced amino acid sequence are presented as seq id nos : 26 and 27 , respectively . rt - pcr analysis was carried out in the same way as is described supra , using primers : tct catagat gctggtgctg atc ( seq id no : 28 ) and cccagacatt gaattttggc agac ( seq id no : 29 ). tissue restricted mrna expression was found . the expression pattern differed from that of seq id no : 22 . in brief , of six normal tissues examined , strong signals were found in brain and testis only . there was no or weak expression in normal breast tissues , and kidney , liver and colon tissues were negative . eight of ten 10 breast cancer specimens tested supra were positive for seq . id no : 26 . six samples were positive for both seq . id no : 22 and 26 , one for seq . id no : 22 only , two for the seq . id no : 26 only , and one was negative for both . the foregoing examples describe the isolation of a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a cancer associated antigen . “ associated ” is used herein because while it is clear that the relevant molecule was expressed by several types of cancer , other cancers , not screened herein , may also express the antigen . the invention relates to nucleic acid molecules which encode the antigens encoded by , e . g ., seq id nos : 1 , 3 , 8 , 15 , 22 and 26 as well as the antigens encoded thereby , such as the proteins with the amino acid sequences of seq id nos : 5 , 6 , 7 , 16 , 23 and 27 . it is to be understood that all sequences which encode the recited antigen are a part of the invention . also a part of the invention are expression vectors which incorporate the nucleic acid molecules of the invention , in operable linkage ( i . e ., “ operably linked ”) to a promoter . construction of such vectors , such as viral ( e . g ., adenovirus or vaccinia virus ) or attenuated viral vectors is well within the skill of the art , as is the transformation or transfection of cells , to produce eukaryotic cell lines , or prokaryotic cell strains which encode the molecule of interest . exemplary of the host cells which can be employed in this fashion are cos cells , cho cells , yeast cells , insect cells ( e . g ., spodoptera frugiperda ), nih 3t3 cells , and so forth . prokaryotic cells , such as e . coli and other bacteria may also be used . any of these cells can also be transformed or transfected with further nucleic acid molecules , such as those encoding cytokines , e . g ., interleukins such as il - 2 , 4 , 6 , or 12 or hla or mhc molecules . also a part of the invention are the antigens described herein , both in original form and in any different post translational modified forms . the molecules are large enough to be antigenic without any posttranslational modification , and hence are useful as immunogens , when combined with an adjuvant ( or without it ), in both precursor and post - translationally modified forms . antibodies produced using these antigens , both poly and monoclonal , are also a part of the invention as well as hybridomas which make monoclonal antibodies to the antigens . the whole protein can be used therapeutically , or in portions , as discussed infra . also a part of the invention are antibodies against this antigen , be these polyclonal , monoclonal , reactive fragments , such as fab , ( f ( ab ) 2 ′ and other fragments , as well as chimeras , humanized antibodies , recombinantly produced antibodies , and so forth . as is clear from the disclosure , one may use the proteins and nucleic acid molecules of the invention diagnostically . the serex methodology discussed herein is premised on an immune response to a pathology associated antigen . hence , one may assay for the relevant pathology via , e . g ., testing a body fluid sample of a subject , such as serum , for reactivity with the antigen per se . reactivity would be deemed indicative of possible presence of the pathology . so , too , could one assay for the expression of any of the antigens via any of the standard nucleic acid hybridization assays which are well known to the art , and need not be elaborated upon herein one could assay for antibodies against the subject molecules , using standard imunoassays as well . analysis of seq id no : 1 , 3 , 4 , 8 , 15 , 22 and 26 will show that there are 5 ′ and 3 ′ non - coding regions presented therein . the invention relates to those isolated nucleic acid molecules which contain at least the coding segment , and which may contain any or all of the non - coding 5 ′ and 3 ′ portions . also a part of the invention are portions of the relevant nucleic acid molecules which can be used , for example , as oligonucleotide primers and / or probes , such as one or more of seq id nos : 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 17 , 18 , 20 , 21 , 24 , 25 , 28 , and 29 as well as amplification products like nucleic acid molecules comprising at least nucleotides 305 - 748 of seq id no : 1 , or amplification products described in the examples , including those in examples 12 , 14 , etc . as was discussed supra , study of other members of the “ ct ” family reveals that these are also processed to peptides which provoke lysis by cytolytic t cells . there has been a great deal of work on motifs for various mhc or hla molecules , which is applicable here . hence , a further aspect of the invention is a therapeutic method , wherein one or more peptides derived from the antigens of the invention which bind to an hla molecule on the surface of a patient &# 39 ; s tumor cells are administered to the patient , in an amount sufficient for the peptides to bind to the mhc / hla molecules , and provoke lysis by t cells . any combination of peptides may be used these peptides , which may be used alone or in combination , as well as the entire protein or immuno reactive portions thereof , may be administered to a subject in need thereof , using any of the standard types of administration , such as intravenous , intradermal , subcutaneous , oral , rectal , and transdermal administration . standard pharmaceutical carriers , adjuvants , such as saponins , gm - csf , and interleukins and so forth may also be used . further , these peptides and proteins may be formulated into vaccines with the listed material , as may dendritic cells , or other cells which present relevant mhc / peptide complexes . similarly , the invention contemplates therapies wherein nucleic acid molecules which encode the proteins of the invention , one or more or peptides which are derived from these proteins are incorporated into a vector , such as a vaccinia or adenovirus based vector , to render it transfectable into eukaryotic cells , such as human cells . similarly , nucleic acid molecules which encode one or more of the peptides may be incorporated into these vectors , which are then the major constituent of nucleic acid bases therapies . any of these assays can also be used in progression / regression studies . one can monitor the course of abnormality involving expression of these antigens simply by monitoring levels of the protein , its expression , antibodies against it and so forth using any or all of the methods set forth supra . it should be clear that these methodologies may also be used to track the efficacy of a therapeutic regime . essentially , one can take a baseline value for a protein of interest using any of the assays discussed supra administer a given therapeutic agent , and then monitor levels of the protein thereafter , observing changes in antigen levels as indicia of the efficacy of the regime . as was indicated supra , the invention involves , inter alia , the recognition of an “ integrated ” immune response to the molecules of the invention . one ramification of this is the ability to monitor the course of cancer therapy . in this method , which is a part of the invention , a subject in need of the therapy receives a vaccination of a type described herein . such a vaccination results , e . g ., in a t cell response against cells presenting hla / peptide complexes on their cells . the response also includes an antibody response , possibly a result of the release of antibody provoking proteins via the lysis of cells by the t cells . hence , one can monitor the effect of a vaccine , by monitoring an antibody response . as is indicated , supra , an increase in antibody titer may be taken as an indicia of progress with a vaccine , and vice versa hence , a further aspect of the invention is a method for monitoring efficacy of a vaccine , following administration thereof , by determining levels of antibodies in the subject which are specific for the vaccine itself , or a large molecule of which the vaccine is a part . the identification of the subject proteins as being implicated in pathological conditions such as cancer also suggests a number of therapeutic approaches in addition to those discussed supra . the experiments set forth supra establish that antibodies are produced in response to expression of the protein . hence , a further embodiment of the invention is the treatment of conditions which are characterized by aberrant or abnormal levels of one or more of the proteins , via administration of antibodies , such as humanized antibodies , antibody fragments , and so forth . these may be tagged or labelled with appropriate cystostatic or cytotoxic reagents . t cells may also be administered . it is to be noted that the t cells may be elicited in vitro using immune responsive cells such as dendritic cells , lymphocytes , or any other immune responsive cells , and then reperfused into the subject being treated . note that the generation of t cells and / or antibodies can also be accomplished by administering cells , preferably treated to be rendered non - proliferative , which present relevant t cell or b cell epitopes for response , such as the epitopes discussed supra . the therapeutic approaches may also include antisense therapies , wherein an antisense molecule , preferably from 10 to 100 nucleotides in length , is administered to the subject either “ neat ” or in a carrier , such as a liposome , to facilitate incorporation into a cell , followed by inhibition of expression of the protein . such antisense sequences may also be incorporated into appropriate vaccines , such as in viral vectors ( e . g ., vaccinia ), bacterial constructs , such as variants of the known bcg vaccine , and so forth . other features and applications of the invention will be clear to the skilled artisan , and need not be set forth herein . the terms and expression which have been employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation , and there is no intention in the use of such terms and expression , of excluding any aquivalents of the features shown and described or portions thereof , it being recoginized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention .