The extended granin family: structure, function, and biomedical implications

A Bartolomucci, R Possenti, SK Mahata… - Endocrine …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The chromogranins (chromogranin A and chromogranin B), secretogranins (secretogranin II
and secretogranin III), and additional related proteins (7B2, NESP55, proSAAS, and VGF) …

Chromogranin A and its derived peptides: potential regulators of cholesterol homeostasis

DR Iyer, J Venkatraman, E Tanguy, N Vitale… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Chromogranin A (CHGA), a member of the granin family of proteins, has been an attractive
therapeutic target and candidate biomarker for several cardiovascular, neurological, and …

MicroRNA-22 and promoter motif polymorphisms at the Chga locus in genetic hypertension: functional and therapeutic implications for gene expression and the …

RS Friese, AE Altshuler, K Zhang… - Human molecular …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Hypertension is a common hereditary syndrome with unclear pathogenesis. Chromogranin
A (Chga), which catalyzes formation and cargo storage of regulated secretory granules in …

Role of reactive oxygen species in hyperadrenergic hypertension: biochemical, physiological, and pharmacological evidence from targeted ablation of the …

JR Gayen, K Zhang, SP RamachandraRao… - Circulation …, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Oxidative stress, an excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS)
outstripping antioxidant defense mechanisms, occurs in cardiovascular pathologies …

Genetics meets epigenetics: Genetic variants that modulate noncoding RNA in cardiovascular diseases

M Calore, LJ De Windt, A Rampazzo - Journal of Molecular and Cellular …, 2015 - Elsevier
After the recent description of the human genome by the ENCODE and the FANTOM
consortia, major attention has been addressed to the so-called “genomic noise”, which …

Chromogranin A: a novel susceptibility gene for essential hypertension

BS Sahu, PJ Sonawane, NR Mahapatra - Cellular and molecular life …, 2010 - Springer
Chromogranin A (CHGA) is ubiquitously expressed in secretory cells of the endocrine,
neuroendocrine, and neuronal tissues. Although this protein has long been known as a …

Chromogranin A and the autonomic system: decomposition of heart rate variability and rescue by its catestatin fragment

NB Dev, JR Gayen, DT O'Connor, SK Mahata - Endocrinology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Chromogranin A (CHGA/Chga) has been implicated in the genesis of systemic hypertension
and consequent cardiac abnormalities. Catestatin (CST)(human CHGA352-372) …

Genome-wide case/control studies in hypertension: only the 'tip of the iceberg'

K Zhang, AB Weder, E Eskin… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Recent advances in genome technology have enabled genome-wide searching for disease
predisposition loci, using dense SNP and haplotype maps. Over the past year, such …

Catecholamine storage vesicles: role of core protein genetic polymorphisms in hypertension

K Zhang, Y Chen, G Wen, M Mahata, F Rao… - Current hypertension …, 2011 - Springer
Hypertension is a complex trait with deranged autonomic control of the circulation. The
sympathoadrenal system exerts minute-to-minute control over cardiac output and vascular …

Chromogranin A regulates renal function by triggering Weibel–Palade body exocytosis

Y Chen, M Mahata, F Rao, S Khandrika… - Journal of the …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Chromogranin A (CHGA), a protein released from secretory granules of chromaffin cells and
sympathetic nerves, triggers endothelin-1 release from endothelial cells. CHGA …