Immunoreactivity to various peptides in the human carotid body
Heath, D.; Quinzanini, M.; Rodella, A.; Albertini, A.; Ferrari, R.; Harris, P.
Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology 62(2): 289-293
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0034-5164 PMID: 3251338 Document Number: 319350
Human carotid bodies, removed at routine necropsies, have been subjected to radioimmunoassay for various peptides. Average levels of immunoreactivity, expressed in pm/g, were: met-enkephalin 612, leu-enkephalin 162, bombesin 73, neurotensin 67, VIP 9 and substance P 16. No alpha-hANP immunoreactivity could be detected.