Elevated Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Immunoreactivity in the Circulation of Patients with Neuroendocrine Malignancy
Author(s) -
Paul Bech,
Virginia Winstanley,
Kevin G. Murphy,
Amir H. Sam,
Karim Meeran,
Mohammad A. Ghatei,
Stephen R. Bloom
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2007-1946
Subject(s) - cart , cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript , malignancy , chromogranin a , liter , endocrinology , medicine , neuroendocrine tumors , neuropeptide , receptor , immunohistochemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) codes for a peptide widely distributed in nervous and endocrine tissues. CART immunoreactivity (CART-LI) has been detected in human insulinomas.
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