Ovarian cancers have a high ability to invade the peritoneal cavity and some are stimulated by estrogens. In an attempt to understand the mode of action of estrogens on these cancer cells and to develop new markers, we have characterized estrogen-regulated proteins. This study was aimed at identifying a protein secreted by ovarian cancer cells whose level was increased by estradiol [Galtier-Dereure,
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