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Chromogranin A polymorphisms are associated with hypertensive renal disease.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Mar 2008
Salem Rany M, Cadman Peter E, Chen Yuqing, Rao Fangwen, Wen Gen, Hamilton Bruce A, Rana Brinda K, Smith Douglas W, Stridsberg Mats, Ward Harry J, Mahata Manjula, Mahata Sushi K, Bowden Donald W, Hicks Pamela J, Freedman Barry I, Schork Nicholas J, O'Connor Daniel T
Abstract excerpt
Chromogranin A is released together with epinephrine and norepinephrine from catecholaminergic cells. Specific endopeptidases cleave chromogranin A into biologically active peptide fragments, including catestatin, which inhibits catecholamine release. Previous studies have suggested that a deficit in this sympathetic "braking" system might be an early event in the pathogenesis of human hypertension. Whether...
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