There are few, if any, enzymes that have been studied by, and have importance in, so many and varied disciplines as has monocyte esterase/Ces 1. In this review its involvement in the fields of histochemistry, haematology, toxicology, pharmacology, therapeutics, and tumour cell killing, immune surveillance and malignant disease, is briefly described.
        
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Markey GM (2011) Carboxylesterase 1 (Ces1): from monocyte marker to major player Journal of Clinical Pathology64: 107-9
Markey GM (2011) Journal of Clinical Pathology64: 107-9