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SUBMITTER: Januzzi JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4145592 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research 20130801 6
Following the initial discovery of a natriuretic and diuretic peptide factor present in atrial myocardial tissue homogenates, subsequent elucidation of the natriuretic peptide (NP) family has led to substantial advances in the understanding of the autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine regulation of the cardiovascular system. Furthermore, with the development of assays for the measurement of the NPs, these important biomarkers have gone from being regarded as biological mediators of the cardiovascu ...[more]