Proneuropeptide Y and neuropeptide Y metabolites in healthy volunteers and patients with a pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma
Eugster PJ, Maurer J, Vocat C, Abid K, Matter M, Wuerzner G, Trepp R, Fischli S, Henzen C, Kolb W, Bilz S, Sigrist S, Beuschlein F, Nölting S, Reul A, Schütze I, Hubers SA, Brown NJ, Grouzmann E. Proneuropeptide Y and neuropeptide Y metabolites in healthy volunteers and patients with a pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma. Clinica Chimica Acta 2022, 534: 146-155. PMID: 35905838, DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2022.07.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUpper reference limitPlasma free metanephrinesNeuropeptide YSevere kidney impairmentFree metanephrinesNPY3-36Kidney impairmentSympathetic nervesCatecholamine reuptakeVasoconstrictor peptideNPY2-36NPY1-36Early diagnosisHealthy volunteersPPGL patientsAdrenal medullaTumor localizationPatientsNPYReference limitsDiagnostic sensitivityPPGLsGold standardReference intervalsPheochromocytoma