Asparaginase (ASNase) causes pancreatitis in approximately 10% of leukemia patients, and the mechanisms underlying this painful complication are not known. ASNase primarily depletes circulating asparagine, and the endogenously expressed enzyme, asparagine synthetase (ASNS), replenishes asparagine. ASNS was suggested previously to be highly expressed in the pancreas.
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