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Secretion of glycosylated pro-B-type natriuretic peptide from normal cardiomyocytes.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Jun 2011
Tonne Jason M, Campbell Jarryd M, Cataliotti Alessandro, Ohmine Seiga, Thatava Tayaramma, Sakuma Toshie, Macheret Fima, Huntley Brenda K, Burnett John C, Ikeda Yasuhiro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), a key cardiac hormone in cardiorenal homeostasis, is produced as a 108 amino acid prohormone, proBNP1-108, which is converted to a biologically active peptide BNP1-32 and an inactive N-terminal (NT)-proBNP1-76. The widely accepted model is that the normal heart releases a proteolytically processed BNP1-32 and NT-proBNP, whereas the diseased heart secretes high amounts...
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