Detection of Human Glandular Kallikrein, hK2, as Its Precursor Form and in Complex With Protease Inhibitors in Prostate Carcinoma Serum

The importance of human glandular kallik

The importance of human glandular kallikrein and its correlation with different prostate specific antigen serum forms in the detection of prostate carcinoma

✍ Franz Recker; Maciej K. Kwiatkowski; Timo Piironen; Kim Pettersson; Gerd Lümmen; 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 116 KB 👁 2 views

## BACKGROUND. Human glandular kallikrein (hK2), the prostate specific antigen (PSA) close homologue, possesses approximately 80% structure identity with PSA. The identification of PSA was an important step in the detection of prostate carcinoma (PCa). Thus, hK2 measurement in the serum has the po