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Common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen: (CALLA) A cell surface enzyme with neutral metalloendopeptidase activity that serves as a marker for the common form of ALL (acute lymphocytic leukemia) as well as for Burkitt lymphoma and follicular germinal center lymphoma. CALLA is normally present on the surface of early lymphoid cells as well as on a number of other types of normal cells, such as especially cells in the kidney.
See: Metallomembrane endopeptidase.
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High WBC count, CNS involvement, thymic mass: ALL = acute lymphocytic leukemia CALLA = common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen CNS = central nervous system
Common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen (CALLA) is active neutral endopeptidase 24.11 ("enkephalinase"): direct evidence by cDNA transfection ...
antigen /an·ti·gen/ (an´tÄ-jen) any substance capable of inducing a specific immune response and of reacting with the products of that response, i.e., with ...
... is also called acute lymphocytic leukemia and is ... ALL patient carry antigen ... Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common ...