CD15

CD15

a phosphatidylinositol-anchored transmembrane protein found on neutrophils; it may be involved in phagocytosis; expressed in patients with Hodgkin disease, some B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemias, acute lymphoblastic leukemias, and most acute nonlymphocytic leukemias.

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CD15

This is a retired HUGO symbol for what molecular biologists now term FUT4 (see there). In practice, CD15 is widely used by haematologists, immunologists, laboratorians, pathologists and many others.

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