The PNMA family includes paraneoplastic antigens Ma 1, 2 and 3, found in the serum of patients with paraneoplastic neurological disorders [1,2]. The family also includes modulator of apoptosis 1, which has a role in death receptor-dependent apoptosis [3].

1: Ma1, a novel neuron- and testis-specific protein, is recognized by the serum of patients with paraneoplastic neurological disorders. Dalmau J, Gultekin SH, Voltz R, Hoard R, DesChamps T, Balmaceda C, Batchelor T, Gerstner E, Eichen J, Frennier J, Posner JB, Rosenfeld MR; Brain. 1999;122:27-39. PMID:10050892

2: The human PNMA family: novel neuronal proteins implicated in paraneoplastic neurological disease. Schuller M, Jenne D, Voltz R; J Neuroimmunol. 2005;169:172-176. PMID:16214224

3: The tumor suppressor RASSF1A and MAP-1 link death receptor signaling to Bax conformational change and cell death. Baksh S, Tommasi S, Fenton S, Yu VC, Martins LM, Pfeifer GP, Latif F, Downward J, Neel BG; Mol Cell. 2005;18:637-650. PMID:15949439