A kromogranin-A a granincsaládba tartozó fehérje, amelyet neuroendokrin sejtek termelnek és ezek szekréciós granulumaiból származik. A kromogranin-A-ból számos, mind ez idáig kevésbé tisztázott funkciójú fehérje képződik. Jelenleg a kromogranin-A vérben mérhető szintjének meghatározását elsősorban neuroendokrin daganatok laboratóriumi diagnosztikájában használják. A legfrissebb kutatások alapján azonban úgy tűnik, a kromogranin-A-ból származó WE-14 nevű fehérjének szerepe lehet az 1-es típusú cukorbetegség kialakulásában is. A WE-14 fehérje autoantigénként viselkedik a β-sejtek elpusztításában részt vevő T-sejtek számára. Ezt a mechanizmust eddig specifikusan a nem obes diabetogén egerekben figyelték meg. Újabb eredmények alapján a WE-14 a diabeteses egerek mellett az újonnan diagnosztizált 1-es típusú cukorbetegeknél is az autoreaktív sejtek célpontjaként szolgál, amely reakció szöveti transzglutamináz enzimmel fokozható. A szerzők jelen összefoglalójukban áttekintik a kromogranin-A bioszintézisét, biokémiai jellegzetességeit, szervezetbeli funkcióit, valamint ismertetik a cukorbetegség patomechanizmusában betöltött szerepére vonatkozó jelen ismereteket. Orv. Hetil., 2015, 156(5), 163–170.
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