PDN-21
National Institutes of Health
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PDN-21 (katacalcin), a peptide from the calcitonin (CT) gene, was measured in plasma from healthy persons and patients with…
The malignant C-cell releases several markers of potential clinical significance into the circulation. To determine the…
The plasma level of PDN‐21 was measured by RIA in 10 patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). All 10 patients with MTC…
Circulating human lymphocytes possess specific and functional receptors for calcitriol and PTH. We sought to determine if they…
Immunoreactive calcitonin (iCT) can be ectopically secreted by lung cancer cells and has been proposed as a tumor marker for…
PDN-21, the carboxyl-terminal flanking peptide encoded by the calcitonin (CT) gene, has been found in plasma of patients with…
Calcitonin and its carboxyl-terminal flanking peptide (PDN-21), also encoded by the calcitonin gene, were measured by RIA in…
Calcitonin is a 3,500-molecular weight (MW) polypeptide whose main function in man is to protect the skeleton during growth…