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Chromogranin A

"Chromogranin A" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A type of chromogranin which was first isolated from CHROMAFFIN CELLS of the ADRENAL MEDULLA but is also found in other tissues and in many species including human, bovine, rat, mouse, and others. It is an acidic protein with 431 to 445 amino acid residues. It contains fragments that inhibit vasoconstriction or release of hormones and neurotransmitter, while other fragments exert antimicrobial actions.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Chromogranin A" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Chromogranin A" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 33 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2016
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