"Prostate-Specific Antigen" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A glycoprotein that is a kallikrein-like serine proteinase and an esterase, produced by epithelial cells of both normal and malignant prostate tissue. It is an important marker for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
| Descriptor ID |
D017430
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.760.442.750 D08.811.277.656.959.350.442.750 D12.776.866.249.500 D23.050.285.625 D23.101.140.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Prostate-Specific Antigen- Prostate-Specific Antigen
- gamma-Seminoprotein
- gamma Seminoprotein
- Prostate Specific Antigen
- hK3 Kallikrein
- Kallikrein, hK3
- Semenogelase
- Kallikrein hK3
- Seminin
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