vasostatins

(vā-sō-stat'ins),

N-terminal breakdown products of calreticulin or chromogranin A, which inhibit endothelial cell proliferation; produced by some tumors. .

[vaso- + G. statos, stalled, standing still, + -in]

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References in periodicals archive

Cerra, "New biological aspects of chromogranin A-derived peptides: focus on vasostatins," Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, vol.

Effects of low-level autonomic stimulation on prevention of atrial fibrillation induced by acute electrical remodeling

The CgA(1 [right arrow]) assay measured the human equivalents [CgA(1-76) and CgA(1-113)] to bovine vasostatins (37) as well as further C-terminally extended forms.

Vasostatins, comprising the N-terminal domain of chromogranin A, suppress tension in isolated human blood vessel segments.

Library of sequence-specific radioimmunoassays for human chromogranin A

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