Calcitonin precursors (CTpr), including procalcitonin, are important markers and also
potentially harmful mediators in response to microbial infections. The source and function of …

Circulating levels of calcitonin precursors (CTpr), including procalcitonin (ProCT), increase
up to several thousand-fold in human sepsis, and immunoneutralization improves survival in …

Calcitonin (CT) is a hormone that received its name because of its secretion in response to
induced hypercalcemia and its hypocalcemic effect (1). It was shown to originate from the …

Abstract mdash;: Procalcitonin (PCT) is a highly sensitive and specific marker of systemic
bacterial infection and sepsis. In contrast to its diagnostic significance, the cellular sources of …

Procalcitonin (PCT) is one of the precursors in the synthesis of calcitonin in thyroidal C-cells
and other neuroendocrine cells. PCT, among other calcitonin precursors, is elevated in the …

Procalcitonin (PCT), the precursor of calcitonin, was recently put forward as a diagnostic
marker of systemic bacterial infection and sepsis. The major PCT production site in sepsis …

Procalcitonin (PCT) is one of the precursors in the synthesis of calcitonin in thyroidal C-cells
and other neuroendocrine cells. PCT and other calcitonin precursors are elevated in the …

PCT is a 116-amino acid polypeptide glycoprotein that is ubiquitously expressed from
various extrathyroid neuroendocrine tissues during bacterial infection. PCT was shown to …

High serum levels of the calcitonin (CT) prohormone, procalcitonin (pro-CT), and its
component peptides occur in systemic inflammation and sepsis. Using two different assays …

Abstract mdash;: Immunoneutralization of procalcitonin (ProCT), a putative mediator of
sepsis, has been shown to increase survival in an animal model of sepsis. To better …