Trypsinogen

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zymogen

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• The exocrine protein trypsinogen is targeted into the secretory granules of an endocrine cell line: studies by gene transfer.
• Trypsinogen is not activated during cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation.
• Serum trypsinogen is measured using a blood test.
• Trypsinogen is produced by the pancreas and is elevated in babies with cystic fibrosis.
• Kunitz 1 1 From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, New Jersey Crystalline trypsinogen is most readily and completely transformed into trypsin by means of enterokinase in the range of pH 5.

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