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ArticleAmerican journal of human genetics2004

Both rare and common polymorphisms contribute functional variation at CHGA, a regulator of catecholamine physiology.

Gen Wen, Sushil K Mahata, Peter Cadman, Manjula Mahata, Sajalendu Ghosh, Nitish R Mahapatra, Fangwen Rao, Mats Stridsberg, Douglas W Smith, Payam Mahboubi and 3 more

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Article in American journal of human genetics, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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63 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. A haplotype variant of the human chromogranin A gene (The Journal of biological chemistry · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Gen WenDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Sushil K Mahata
Peter Cadman
Manjula Mahata
Sajalendu Ghosh
Nitish R Mahapatra
Fangwen Rao
Mats Stridsberg
Douglas W Smith
Payam Mahboubi
Nicholas J Schork
Daniel T O'Connor
Bruce A Hamilton
University of California, San Diego · USVA San Diego Healthcare System · USUppsala University Hospital · SE

Funding

Trafficking of catecholamine storage vesicle proteinsP01HL058120 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ZIEGLER, MICHAEL G. · 1999 to 2009
$18.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL58120NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL058120
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The chromogranin/secretogranin proteins are costored and coreleased with catecholamines from secretory vesicles in chromaffin cells and noradrenergic neurons. Chromogranin A (CHGA) regulates catecholamine storage and release through intracellular (vesiculogenic) and extracellular (catecholamine release-inhibitory) mechanisms. CHGA is a candidate gene for autonomic dysfunction syndromes, including intermediate phenotypes that contribute to human hypertension. Here, we show a surprising pattern of CHGA variants that alter the expression and function of this gene, both in vivo and in vitro. Functional variants include both common alleles that quantitatively alter gene expression and rare alleles that qualitatively change the encoded product to alter the signaling potency of CHGA-derived catecholamine release-inhibitory catestatin peptides.

Indexed as

Polymorphism, GeneticAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceCatecholaminesChromogranin AChromograninsHumansMolecular Sequence DataPC12 CellsPhylogenyRatsSpectrometry, Mass, Electrospray IonizationCatecholaminesChromogranin AChromogranins

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PMID14740315
PMCPMC1181918
OpenAlexW2162976815

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