Proenzyme Forms of Prostate-Specific Antigen in Serum Improve the Detection of Prostate Cancer
Author(s) -
Stephen D. Mikolajczyk,
William J. Catàlona,
Cindy L. Evans,
Harry J. Linton,
Lisa S. Millar,
Kathy M. Marker,
Diksha Katir,
Anna Amirkhan,
Harry G. Rittenhouse
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2003.026823
Subject(s) - prostate cancer , medicine , prostate specific antigen , cancer , prostate , confidence interval , antigen , monoclonal antibody , antibody , area under the curve , urology , gastroenterology , immunology
Pro or precursor forms of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) have emerged as potentially important diagnostic serum markers for prostate cancer detection. Immunoassays were developed to measure specific proPSA forms containing propeptides of 2, 4, and 7 amino acids [(-2)proPSA, (-4)proPSA, and (-7)proPSA, respectively].
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