kalvomerkit
Kalvomerkit is a term used in biology and medicine to describe proteins or glycoproteins located on the surface of cells that are used to identify and characterize different cell types. The word is Finnish, combining kalvo (membrane) and merkit (markers). In practice, kalvomerkit are often referred to in English as cell surface markers or membrane markers and are a fundamental concept in immunology, histology, and flow cytometry.
These markers are typically membrane-bound molecules such as receptors, adhesion proteins, or other surface proteins that
Applications of kalvomerkit include immunophenotyping of hematopoietic cells, diagnosis and classification of leukemias and lymphomas, monitoring
In Finnish-language literature, kalvomerkit emphasize the membrane location and surface-specific detection. In English, the term most