"Tissue Kallikreins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of trypsin-like SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES that are expressed in a variety of cell types including human prostate epithelial cells. They are formed from tissue prokallikrein by action with TRYPSIN. They are highly similar to PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN.
| Descriptor ID |
D020840
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.760.442.875 D08.811.277.656.959.350.442.875 D23.101.140.870
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| Concept/Terms |
Tissue Kallikreins- Tissue Kallikreins
- Kallikreins, Tissue
- Human Glandular Kallikreins
- Glandular Kallikreins, Human
- Kallikreins, Human Glandular
- Tissue Kallikrein
- Kallikrein, Tissue
- Glandular Kallikrein
- Kallikrein, Glandular
Human Glandular Kallikrein 1- Human Glandular Kallikrein 1
- Urinary Kallikrein
- Kallikrein, Urinary
- Kallikrein 1
- Pancreatic Kallikrein
- Kallikrein, Pancreatic
- hK1 Kallikrein
- Kallikrein, hK1
- Glandular Kallikrein-1
- Glandular Kallikrein 1
- Kallikrein-1, Glandular
Human Glandular Kallikrein 2- Human Glandular Kallikrein 2
- Prostate Specific Kallikrein
- Kallikrein, Prostate Specific
- Specific Kallikrein, Prostate
- Kallikrein 2
- hK2 Kallikrein
- Kallikrein, hK2
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Highly sensitive automated chemiluminometric assay for measuring free human glandular kallikrein-2. Clin Chem. 1999 Jun; 45(6 Pt 1):800-6.