Prostate-Specific Antigen
"Prostate-Specific Antigen" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prostate-Specific Antigen" by people in Profiles.
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The Utility of Prostate Specific Antigen Density, Prostate Health Index, and Prostate Health Index Density in Predicting Positive Prostate Biopsy Outcome is Dependent on the Prostate Biopsy Methods. Urology. 2019 07; 129:153-159.
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Implications of High Rates of Metastatic Prostate Cancer in BRCA2 Mutation Carriers. Prostate. 2016 09; 76(13):1135-45.
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Prostate-specific antigen/solvent interaction analysis: a preliminary evaluation of a new assay concept for detecting prostate cancer using urinary samples. Urology. 2011 Sep; 78(3):601-5.
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Glycoprotein A-80 in the human prostate: immunolocalization in prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, carcinoma, radiation failure, and after neoadjuvant hormonal therapy. Urology. 2003 Jan; 61(1):248-52.
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Current and future roles of laparoscopic surgery in urology. Urology. 1993 Jan; 41(1 Suppl):5-9.