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Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Action of CgA-Derived
Peptides in Cardiomyocytes and Endothelial Cells................... 149
Giuseppe Alloatti and Maria Pia Gallo
Chromogranin A-Derived Peptides in Cardiac Pre- and
Post-conditioning............................................... 169
Claudia Penna and Pasquale Pagliaro
Naturally Occurring Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Human
Chromogranin A (CHGA) Gene: Association with Hypertension
and Associated Diseases......................................... 195
Nitish R. Mahapatra, Sajalendu Ghosh, Manjula Mahata,
Gautam K. Bandyopadhyay, and Sushil K. Mahata
Serpinin Peptides: Tissue Distribution and Functions................ 213
Y. Peng Loh, Niamh Cawley, Alicja Woronowicz, and Josef Troger
Action and Mechanisms of Action of the Chromogranin A
Derived Peptide Pancreastatin.................................... 229
N. E. Evtikhova, A. Pérez-Pérez, C. Jiménez-Cortegana,
A. Carmona- Fernández, T. Vilariño-García, and V. Sánchez-Margalet
Chromogranins and the Quantum Release of Catecholamines......... 249
Leandro Castañeyra, Michelle Juan-Bandini, Natalia Domínguez,
José David Machado, and Ricardo Borges
Index......................................................... 261
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