Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Introduction
  • 1. Chromogranins: Historical Perspectives / Karen B. Helle
  • 2. Chromogranins: Current Concepts: Structural and Functional Aspects / Dominique Aunis and Marie-Helene Metz-Boutigue
  • pt. 2. Intracellular functions
  • 3. Signal-Mediated Sorting of Chromogranins to Secretory Granules / Hans-Hermann Gerdes and Michael M. Glombik
  • 4. Condensed Matrix of Mature Chromaffin Granules: The Soluble Form of Dopamine [beta]-hydroxyase is Catalytically Inactive / Ole Terland and Torgeir Flatmark
  • 5. Functional Role of Chromogranins: The Intragranular Matrix in the Last Phase of Exocytosis / Ricardo Borges, Jose D. Machado and Carmen Alonso / [and others]
  • 6. Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor and Chromogranins A and B in Secretory Granules: Co-localization and Functional Coupling / Seung Hyun Yoo, Moon Kyung Kang and Hee Seok Kwon / [et al.]
  • pt. 3. Transciption, Expression, and Secretion
  • 7. Regulation of Chromogranin A Transcription and Catecholamine Secretion by the Neuropeptide PACAP: Stimulation and Desensitization / Laurent Taupenot, Manjula Mahata and Sushil K. Mahata / [et al.]
  • 8. Neuroendocrine Cell-Specific Expression and Regulation of the Human Secretogranin II Gene / Youssef Anouar, Christine Desmoucelles and Hubert Vaudry
  • 9. Characterization of Chromogranins in the Frog Rana ridibunda. Structure, Expression, and Functional Implications / Valerie Turquier, Hubert Vaudry and Maite Monero / [et al.]
  • 10. Expression of Equine Chromogranin A: cDNA Sequence and Distribution of mRNA in Endocrine and Exocrine Tissues / Fumio Sato, Nobushige Ishida and Telhisa Hasegawa / [et al.]
  • 11. Salivary Secretion of Chromogranin A: Control by Autonomic Nervous System / Tomio Kanno, Naoto Asada and Haruko Yanase / [et al.]
  • pt. 4. Tissue-specific Processing, Transport and Distribution.