Chromogranins

• The Chromogranins.- Chromogranins: Current Concepts.- Intracellular Functions.- Signal-Mediated Sorting of Chromogranins to Secretory Granules.- The Condensed Matrix of Mature Chromaffin Granules.- Functional Role of Chromogranins.- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor and Chromogranins A and B in Secretory Granules.- Transcription, Expression, and Secretion.- Regulation of Chromogranin a Transcription and Catecholamine Secretion by the Neuropeptide Pacap.- Neuroendocrine Cell-Specific Expression and Regulation of the Human Secretogranin II Gene.- Characterization of Chromogranins in the Frog Rana ridibunda.- Expression of Equine Chromogranin A.- Salivary Secretion of Chromogranin A Control by Autonomic Nervous System.- Tissue-Specific Processing, Transport, and Distribution.- Proteolytic Processing of Chromogranins.- Endothelial Handling of Chromogranin A.- Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Chromaffin Cell Function.- Chromogranin A Immunoreactivity in Neuroendocrine Cells in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract and Pancreas.- Chromogranin A and Its Derived Peptides in the Rat and Procine Gastro-Entero-Pancreatic System.- Functional Aspects of Biologically Active Sequences.- Regulation of Parathyroid Secretion.- Vasostatins.- Vasostatins.- Pancreastatin.- The Novel Catecholamine Release-Inhibitory Peptide Catestatin (Chromogranin A344–364).- Secretoneurin — A Novel Link Between The Nervous and the Immune System.- Chromogranin A Induces a Neurotoxic Phenotype in Brain Microglial Cells.- Antibacterial and Antifungal Peptides Derived from Chromogranins and Proenkephalin-A.- Clinical Aspects of the Circulating Prohormones.- Measurements of Chromogranins and Chromogranin-Related Peptides by Immunological Methods.- Chromogranins as Diagnostic and Prognostic Markers inNeuroendocrine Tumours.- Assessment of Chromogranin a Using Two-Site Immunoassay.- Chromogranin A and Tumor Necrosis Factor-? (TNF) in Chronic Heart Failure.- Chromogranin A (CGA) and the Enterochromaffin-Like (ECL) Cell.- Chromogranins in Non-Endocrine Tumours.- Concluding Remarks.- Chromogranin A in Human Disease.- A Physiological Role for the Granins as Prohormones for Homeostatically Important Regulatory Peptides?.

`I recommend Chromogranins for students and basic scientists interested not only in chromogranins but also in peptide processing and secretory granule proteins.' Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 13:6 (2002)