Neuron-Specific Enolase (NSE)

Neuron-Specific Enolase (NSE), also known as Gamma-enolase, is a phosphopyruvate hydratase. It is one of the three enolase isoenzymes found in mammals. This isoenzyme, a homodimer, is found in mature neurons and cells of neuronal origin. A switch from alpha enolase to gamma enolase occurs in neural tissue during development in rats and primates. Detection of NSE with antibodies can be used to identify neuronal cells and cells with neuroendocrine differentiation. NSE is produced by small cell carcinomas which are neuroendocrine in origin. NSE is therefore a useful tumor marker for lung cancer patients.

Swiss-Prot Accession Number: P09104


 
Therapy Indications
Cancer
Neuroscience and Neurological Disease
 
Myriad RBM Publications Publications
Key inflammatory pathway activations in the MCI stage of Alzheimer's disease (2019) Pillai JA, Maxwell S, Bena J, Bekris LM, Rao SM, Chance M, Lamb BT, Leverenz JB Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
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