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BNP molecular forms and processing by the cardiac serine protease corin.
Advances in clinical chemistry - 1 Jan 2013
Ichiki Tomoko, Huntley Brenda K, Burnett John C
Abstract excerpt
The cardiac hormone, B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), is one of human natriuretic peptides which possesses cardiorenal protective actions and is used as a therapeutic and a biomarker for heart failure (HF). Its prohormone, proBNP1_108, is processed by the proNPs convertases, corin or furin, to inactive NT-proBNP1_76 and active BNP1-32. Paradoxically, circulating NT-proBNP and BNP are elevated in HF leading to...
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