
Lactic dehydrogenase
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Lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) is an enzyme used as a marker of cellular damage/necrosis, that catalyzes the transformation of lactate to pyruvate. It is an enzyme expressed in different cell types, but it is expressed as different isoenzymes. There are 5 different cytoplasmic isoenzymes expressed in different tissues: - LDH1 mainly in the myocardium;...