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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Ryan Friese
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-18304 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Physiological genomics 20091201 3
Chromogranin A (CHGA) has a crucial role in formation of regulated secretory granules in neuroendocrine tissues and is also a prohormone that is proteolytically processed into peptides with diverse and complex actions. CHGA and several of its peptide products, including catestatin and pancreastatin, are implicated in pathogenesis of essential hypertension, insulin resistance, and the metabolic syndrome. The Chga knockout mouse (Chga KO) displays severe hypertension coupled with reduction in size ...[more]