Chromogranin A (CgA) is the most abundant granin in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs). As a tumor marker is moderately sensitive and nonspecific. Despite the limitations of testing methods, which require careful interpretation, especially in the case of gastrinomas, patients treated with somatostatin analogues, and poorly differentiated tumors, it is the best tumor marker ...

There are few reported cases of endobronchial metastasis of pheochromocytoma literature. We present here a 56-year old woman who underwent left lower lobectomy of lung, following pneumonia with unresolved chest radiographs. Computed tomography showed a lobulated soft tissue mass, measuring, 38×27 mm, at the perivascular space of anterior mediastinum. The resected specimen, showed lobulated tumo...

Chromogranin A is the major catecholamine storage vesicle soluble protein costored and coreleased by exocytosis with catecholamines. Immunoreactive chromogranin A circulates in human plasma, where it may reflect changes in exocytotic sympathoadrenal activity. We measured plasma chromogranin A concentration in normotensive control subjects as well as in untreated essential (primary) hypertensive...

Chromogranin A (secretory protein-I) is an acidic sulfated glycoprotein found in secretory granules of most endocrine and neuroendocrine cells. In the parathyroid it is co-stored and secreted with parathormone in response to hypocalcemia. Differences in post-translational modifications have been reported between chromogranin A from the bovine adrenal and porcine parathyroid glands. The former h...

The chromogranins/secretogranins are a family of acidic, soluble proteins with widespread neuroendocrine distribution in secretory vesicles. Although the precise function of the chromogranins remains elusive, knowledge of their structure, distribution, and potential intracellular and extracellular roles, especially that of chromogranin A, has greatly expanded during recent years. Chromogranin A...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the level of neuroendocrine differentiation to determine its association with clinicopathological parameters. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-five primary MCC samples were evaluated for neuroendocrine differentiation profiles by immunohistochemistry using antibodies to chromogranin-A, microtubule associated protein-2 and synaptophysin. The data were...

Chromogranins A and B are high capacity, low affinity calcium (Ca(2+)) storage proteins that bind to the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-gated receptor (InsP(3) R). Although most commonly associated with secretory granules of neuroendocrine cells, chromogranins have also been found in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of many cell types. To investigate the functional consequences of the ...

A neuroendocrine tumor is suspected when classical clinical symptoms occur but the large majority of NETs does not show any specific symptomatology (Oberg et al., 1999). Accordingly, the biochemical diagnosis is of great value, with the validation of radioimmunoenzymatic assays for various circulating peptide hormones in the last decade, clinical awareness and ability to diagnose NET is increas...

The purpose of this study was to determine if salivary chromogranin a secretion in dogs exhibits a circadian rhythm. Saliva sampling was performed during three different sessions occurring in three nonconsecutive 24-h periods. Sixteen healthy adult beagle dogs (8 males and 8 females) were moved to a sampling room and housed individually in cages. Saliva samples were obtained every 4 h from 12:0...