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Prostate-Specific Antigen MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
A glycoprotein that is a kallikrein-like serine proteinase and an esterase, produced by epithelial cells of both normal and malignant prostate tissue. It is an important marker for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
93; PROSTATE CANCER SPECIFIC ANTIGENS was indexed under ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM 1982-92; SEMENOGELASE was indexed under PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN 1988-95 & PEPTIDE PEPTIDOHYDROLASE 1976-87
Online Note
use PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (NM) to search PROSTATE CANCER SPECIFIC ANTIGENS 1982-92 & SEMENOGELASE 1980-95
History Note
93; was PROSTATE CANCER SPECIFIC ANTIGENS (NM) 1982-92; SEMENOGELASE was NM 1976-95
A glycoprotein that is a kallikrein-like serine proteinase and an esterase, produced by epithelial cells of both normal and malignant prostate tissue. It is an important marker for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.