Tumor/cell Markers Flashcards
GFAP
(from astrocytes)
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Pilocytic atrocytoma
Ependymoma?
S-100
Neural crest cell origin
Melanoma
Schwannoma
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
CA-125
Monitors progression of ovarian cancer
LDH
Dysgerminoma
AFP
Yolk Sac tumor (endodermal sinus)
Mature testicular teratoma
Embryonal testicular carcinoma when mixed
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Ataxia tenancictasia
Hepatoblastoma
B-hCG
Choriocarcinoma
Mature testicular teratoma
Embryonal testicular carcinoma when mixed
Hydatiform moles
Shares a subunit with TSH, LH and FSH
Can bind to TSH receptor and cause hyperthyroidism
Desmin and myoglein
Rhabdomyosarcoma (sarcoma botryoides) of vagina
CD7
T cell marker
CD14
Monocyte-macrophage lineage
Endotoxins bind to
CD31
Liver angiosarcoma
PECAM
CEA
Colon rectal cancer measures recurrence
Pancreatic
gastric, breast and medullary thyroid cancers
Alkaline phosphatase
Obstructivve hepatobiliary disease
HCC
Bone disease
Paget disease of bone
Seminoma (placental ALP)
ALT >AST
Viral hepatitis
AST>ALT
Alcoholic hepatitis
Amylase
Acute pancreatitis, mumps