Chromogranins : Functional and Clinical Aspects /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Helle, Karen B. (Editor ), Aunis, Dominique. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
Edición:1st ed. 2002.
Colección:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 482
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Chromogranins
  • Chromogranins: Current Concepts
  • Intracellular Functions
  • Signal-Mediated Sorting of Chromogranins to Secretory Granules
  • The Condensed Matrix of Mature Chromaffin Granules
  • Functional Role of Chromogranins
  • Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor and Chromogranins A and B in Secretory Granules
  • Transcription, Expression, and Secretion
  • Regulation of Chromogranin a Transcription and Catecholamine Secretion by the Neuropeptide Pacap
  • Neuroendocrine Cell-Specific Expression and Regulation of the Human Secretogranin II Gene
  • Characterization of Chromogranins in the Frog Rana ridibunda
  • Expression of Equine Chromogranin A
  • Salivary Secretion of Chromogranin A Control by Autonomic Nervous System
  • Tissue-Specific Processing, Transport, and Distribution
  • Proteolytic Processing of Chromogranins
  • Endothelial Handling of Chromogranin A
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Chromaffin Cell Function
  • Chromogranin A Immunoreactivity in Neuroendocrine Cells in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract and Pancreas
  • Chromogranin A and Its Derived Peptides in the Rat and Procine Gastro-Entero-Pancreatic System
  • Functional Aspects of Biologically Active Sequences
  • Regulation of Parathyroid Secretion
  • Vasostatins
  • Vasostatins
  • Pancreastatin
  • The Novel Catecholamine Release-Inhibitory Peptide Catestatin (Chromogranin A344–364)
  • Secretoneurin — A Novel Link Between The Nervous and the Immune System
  • Chromogranin A Induces a Neurotoxic Phenotype in Brain Microglial Cells
  • Antibacterial and Antifungal Peptides Derived from Chromogranins and Proenkephalin-A
  • Clinical Aspects of the Circulating Prohormones
  • Measurements of Chromogranins and Chromogranin-Related Peptides by Immunological Methods
  • Chromogranins as Diagnostic and Prognostic Markers in Neuroendocrine Tumours
  • Assessment of Chromogranin a Using Two-Site Immunoassay
  • Chromogranin A and Tumor Necrosis Factor-? (TNF) in Chronic Heart Failure
  • Chromogranin A (CGA) and the Enterochromaffin-Like (ECL) Cell
  • Chromogranins in Non-Endocrine Tumours
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Chromogranin A in Human Disease
  • A Physiological Role for the Granins as Prohormones for Homeostatically Important Regulatory Peptides?.