Catestatin: a master regulator of cardiovascular functions

SK Mahata, M Kiranmayi… - Current medicinal …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), the most common cause of death globally,
accounts for~ 30% of all deaths worldwide. Hypertension is a common contributor to …

Catestatin as a target for treatment of inflammatory diseases

EM Muntjewerff, G Dunkel, MJT Nicolasen… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
It is increasingly clear that inflammatory diseases and cancers are influenced by cleavage
products of the pro-hormone chromogranin A (CgA), such as the 21-amino acids long …

Conventional and neo-antigenic peptides presented by β cells are targeted by circulating naïve CD8+ T cells in type 1 diabetic and healthy donors

S Gonzalez-Duque, ME Azoury, ML Colli, G Afonso… - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
Summary Although CD8+ T-cell-mediated autoimmune β cell destruction occurs in type 1
diabetes (T1D), the target epitopes processed and presented by β cells are unknown. To …

Synaptic proteins in CSF as potential novel biomarkers for prognosis in prodromal Alzheimer's disease

FH Duits, G Brinkmalm, CE Teunissen… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2018 - Springer
Background We investigated whether a panel of 12 potential novel biomarkers consisting of
proteins involved in synapse functioning and immunity would be able to distinguish patients …

A parallel reaction monitoring mass spectrometric method for analysis of potential CSF biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease

G Brinkmalm, S Sjödin, AH Simonsen… - PROTEOMICS …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Scope The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a parallel reaction monitoring
mass spectrometry (PRM‐MS) assay consisting of a panel of potential protein biomarkers in …

Type 2 diabetes risk alleles in PAM impact insulin release from human pancreatic β-cells

SK Thomsen, A Raimondo, B Hastoy, S Sengupta… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The molecular mechanisms underpinning susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes (T2D) remain
poorly understood. Coding variants in peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) …

Pool size estimations for dense‐core vesicles in mammalian CNS neurons

CM Persoon, A Moro, JP Nassal, M Farina… - The EMBO …, 2018 - embopress.org
Neuropeptides are essential signaling molecules transported and secreted by dense‐core
vesicles (DCV s), but the number of DCV s available for secretion, their subcellular …

Exploring new routes for secretory protein export from the trans-Golgi network

M Pakdel, J von Blume - Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2018 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Sorting of soluble proteins for transport to intracellular compartments and for secretion from
cells is essential for cell and tissue homeostasis. The trans-Golgi network (TGN) is a major …

Neuropeptidergic Systems in Pluteus Larvae of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus: Neurochemical Complexity in a “Simple” Nervous System

NJ Wood, T Mattiello, ML Rowe, L Ward… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The nervous system of the free-living planktonic larvae of sea urchins is relatively “simple,”
but sufficiently complex to enable sensing of the environment and control of swimming and …

Costorage of high molecular weight neurotransmitters in large dense core vesicles of mammalian neurons

A Merighi - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
It is today widely accepted that several types of high molecular weight (MW)
neurotransmitters produced by neurons are synthesized at the cell body, selectively stored …