CD38 is constitutively expressed in the
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M. Orciani; O. Trubiani; S. Guarnieri; E. Ferrero; R. Di Primio
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract CD38 is a type II glycoprotein that acts both as a bifunctional enzyme, responsible for the synthesis and hydrolysis of cyclic ADPβribose, and as a signalβtransducing surface receptor. Although CD38 was originally described as a plasma membrane molecule, several reports indicate that CD