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copeptin
- produced along with arginine vasopressin & neurophysin 2 from the preprovasopressin geme
- C-terminal fragment of preprovasopressin
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copeptin in serum
vasopressin (antidiuretic hormone, ADH)
General
secreted peptide
Properties
COMPARTMENT: extracellular compartment
References
- Alehagen U et al.
Association of copeptin and N-terminal proBNP concentrations
with risk of cardiovascular death in older patients with
symptoms of heart failure.
JAMA 2011 May 25; 305:2088.
PMID: 21610241