The invention provides application of a DKK4
gene and a coding
protein thereof in preparation of a medicament, in particular application in preparation of a medicament for detecting or treating a gastrointestinal
stromal tumor (
GIST). The medicament is a detection medicament consisting of a DKK4
antibody serving as an
active ingredient and a medicinal carrier or consisting of a DKK4 specific primer serving as an
active ingredient and a medicinal carrier. The medicament is a detection kit prepared from the DKK4
antibody or the specific primer thereof serving as the
active ingredient and a medicinal carrier. Early diagnosis of the
GIST or prognosis of a
GIST patient accepting operative treatment is realized by using the detection based on the DKK
gene and the product thereof in serum / tissues; through high-flux
chip screening established on the
gene level, real-time quantitative
polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
verification and large clinical sample
verification on the
protein level, the results are reliable; according to the experimental results, the DKK4 can remarkably distinguish tumor and non-tumor, high-risk tumor and low-risk tumor on both the gene level and the
protein level, and the
repeatability of the results is high; and the difference of the expression quantity of the DKK4 gene between different groups is huge, and the DKK4 gene has a good clinical application value.