All 68 patients studied were CD38 +.
It has been recently shown that CD38 displays three enzymatic activities : hydrolysis of NAD + to ADP-ribose , synthesis of cyclic ADP-ribose from NAD + , and hydrolysis of cyclic ADP-ribose to ADP-ribose.
CD38 is a multifunctional cell surface ectoenzyme that catalyzes both the synthesis of cyclic ADP-ribose from NAD + and its hydrolysis to ADP-ribose.
With a rise in the NAD-glycohydrolase activity after treatment of nuclei with Triton X-100 the synthesis of poly (ADP-ribose) via the poly (ADPR) polymerase reaction is augmented , as a result of which the rate of (Ado-U-14C) NAD incorporation into total histones is increased.