Figure 1

System level-based approach for validating candidate TAA for clinical application. Aside from the well defined experimental procedure, the method presented here is based on the complex hierarchical nature of the human beings. The analysis begins at level of gene expression and then continues to higher levels of anatomical organization, (cell, tissue, organ, apparatuses and organism). This approach includes both morphological and molecular techniques. It also introduces the concept of dynamics of TAA expression at the level of the cell cycle, the physiological status of the organism and the process of aging.