Calcitonin purification

Bouizar, Z., Fouchereau-Person, M., Taboulet, J., Moukhtar, M.S., and Milhaud, G. (1986) Purification and characterization of calcitonin receptors in rat kidney membranes by covalent cross-linking techniques. Eur. J. Biochem. 155, 141-147. 

Nevertheless, claims of partial purification of the natriuretic hormone are not definitive. Moreover, well-known hormones, such as calcitonin and a-NSH, could also be responsible for the natriuretic effect. It is questionable that either of these hormones plays a considerable role in regulating sodium metabolism. Hormone responses to sodium loads and losses are summarized in Fig. 9-9, and the hypothetical role of the natriuretic hormone is illustrated in Fig. 9-10. 

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