Tags: Protein.
Copeptin (also known as CT-proAVP) is a 39-amino acid-long peptide deriving from a pre-pro-hormone consisting of vasopressin neurophysin II and copeptin.Vasopressin (AVP) also known as the antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is involved in multiple cardiovascular and renal pathways and functions.However vasopressin measurements are not commonly used in clinical routine which is mainly due to the biochemical features of the molecule : its small size and very short half-life make vasopressin testing quite complicated and labor-intensive.
