Cell-surface enzymes and lymphocyte functions

✍ Scribed by Philippe Naquet; Michel Pierres

• Book ID: 103972762
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 555 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0952-7915
• DOI: 10.1016/0952-7915(91)90032-v

✦ Synopsis

Recent studies have provided insights into the enzymatic functions of many surface molecules expressed by monocytes and lymphocytes. These ectoenzymes act as cell-differentiation markers of lymphomonocytic lineages; some of them are also involved in activation, signal-transduction and cell-matrix adhesion processes, as well as in the regulation of biological responses of bioactive peptides.