The Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Precursor Is the Major Immunoreactive Form of BNP in Patients with Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Karina R Seferian,
Natalia N Tamm,
Alexander G Semenov,
Kadriya S Mukharyamova,
Anastasya A Tolstaya,
Ekaterina V Koshkina,
Andrei N. Kara,
Mihail I Krasnoselsky,
Fred S. Apple,
Tatiana V Esakova,
Vladimir Vladimirovich Filatov,
Alexey G Katrukha
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2006.076141
Subject(s) - brain natriuretic peptide , heart failure , medicine , cardiology , natriuretic peptide , endocrinology
Peptides derived from brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) precursor (proBNP), BNP, and the N-terminal fragment of proBNP (NT-proBNP) are used as biomarkers of heart failure. It remains unclear which forms of these peptides circulate in blood and which forms are measured by assays for these natriuretic peptides.
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