N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide
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The N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP or BNPT) is a prohormone with a 76 amino acid N-terminal inactive protein that is cleaved from the molecule to release brain natriuretic peptide 32 (BNP, also known as B-type natriuretic peptide).
natriuretic peptide B | |||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||
Symbol | NPPB | ||||||
NCBI gene | 4879 | ||||||
HGNC | 7940 | ||||||
OMIM | 600295 | ||||||
RefSeq | NM_002521 | ||||||
UniProt | P16860 | ||||||
Other data | |||||||
Locus | Chr. 1 p36.2 | ||||||
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Both BNP and NT-proBNP levels in the blood are used for screening, diagnosis of acute congestive heart failure (CHF) and may be useful to establish prognosis in heart failure, as both markers are typically higher in patients with worse outcome.[1] The plasma concentrations of both BNP and NT-proBNP are also typically increased in patients with asymptomatic or symptomatic left ventricular dysfunction and is associated with coronary artery disease, myocardial ischemia, and severity of aortic valve stenosis.[2][3][4][5][6][7]