Plasma brain natriuretic peptide levels are elevated in patients with cancer.

Plasma brain natriuretic peptide levels are elevated in patients with cancer.

Natriuretic peptides have been proposed as biomarkers of cardiovascular disease, especially heart failure. Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) has also been shown to be upregulated at the transcriptional and translational levels by pro-inflammatory cytokines in cardiac myocytes. Although we often measur...

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Main Authors: Sachiko Bando, Takeshi Soeki, Tomomi Matsuura, Takeshi Tobiume, Takayuki Ise, Kenya Kusunose, Koji Yamaguchi, Shusuke Yagi, Daiju Fukuda, Takashi Iwase, Hirotsugu Yamada, Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, Michio Shimabukuro, Naoki Muguruma, Tetsuji Takayama, Ichiro Kishimoto, Kenji Kangawa, Masataka Sata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5453551?pdf=render

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