CD57 antigen (LEU7)

Function

some cell adhesion functions

Expression

• NK cell subset
• T cell subset (CD2,3,5)
• brain
• prostate

Pathology

• positive staining with antibody in:
  • neuroectodermal tumors
  • small cell lung carcinoma
  • prostatic adenocarcinoma
  • nerve sheath tumors
  • metanephric adenoma
  • renal carcinoid tumors
  • some clear cell renal cell carcinomas
  • spindle cell thymomas
  • some lymphomas

More general terms

• CD antigen
• glycoprotein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/151290
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=964