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enolase
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enolase [′ē·nə‚lās]
(biochemistry)
An enzyme that catalyzes the reversible dehydration of phosphoglyceric acid to phosphopyruvic acid.


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CD99 and vimentin are almost always expressed in ES/PNET, while neuron-specific enolase and synaptophysin are expressed less often.
Ewing sarcoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumor by Thompson, Lester D.R. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Neuroendocrine markers, such as chromogranin A, neuron-specific enolase (NSE), synaptophysin, and insulin growth factor II (IGF II) are specific to pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas, and are not present in hepatocellular tumors.
Functional paragangliomas presenting as primary liver tumors by Sosa, Julie Ann / Southern Medical Journal
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.
Olfactory neuroblastoma by Thompson, Lester D.R. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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