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enolase

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enolase /eno·lase/ (e´no-las) an enzyme that catalyzes the dehydration of 2-phosphoglycerate to form phospho, a step in the pathway of glucose metabolism.
neuron-specific enolase  an isozyme of enolase found in normal neurons and all the cells of the neuroendocrine system; it is a marker for neuroendocrine differentiation in tumors.
e·no·lase (n-ls, -lz)
n.
An enzyme present in muscle tissue that acts in carbohydrate metabolism.
enolase (e´nolās),
n an enzyme characterized by its crystalline structure and role in carbohydrate utilization.
enolase
an enzyme in glycolytic systems that changes phosphoglyceric acid into phosphopyruvic acid.
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Immunohistochemical stains were positive for cytokeratin, vimentin, neuron-specific enolase, and epithelial membrane antigen.
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Clinical and demographic findings can help make distinctions, as can pertinent immunohistochemical reactions to synaptophysin, chromogranin, neuron-specific enolase (NSE), neurofilament protein (NFP), S-100 protein, keratin, CD45RB, desmin, CD99, and HMB45.
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Localization of enolase in synaptic plasma membrane as an alphagamma heterodimer in rat brain.
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