私達は最近、新規の神経ペプチドの発見に成功しました(Neuroreport 2004)。そのペプチドはこれまで見られなかったまったく新しい機能を持っていると思われ現在解明中です。このペプチドをマンセリンと命名しました。
現在特許公開中です。
抗マンセリン抗体は市販もされています。

Manserin, a novel peptide from secretogranin II in the neuroendocrine system
Aika Yajima, Mariko Ikeda, Kaoru Miyazaki, Toru Maeshima, Naoko Narita, Masaaki Narita
Neuroreport, 2004; 15: 1755-1759.

Recently identified a novel neuropeptide manserin colocalize with the TUNEL-positive cells in the top villi of the rat duodenum
Aika Yajima, Naoko Narita, Masaaki Narita
Journal of Peptide Science, 14; 773-776: 2008

Immunohistochemical localization of manserin, a novel neuropeptide derived from secretogranin II, in rat adrenal gland, and its upregulation by physical stress
Naoki Kamada^1,2, Kaori Tano¹, Akiko Oyabu¹, Yoshio Imura¹, Naoko Narita³, Yasura Tashiro¹, Atsuko Uchida¹, Yoshihiro Komada², Masaaki Narita¹
International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, (2010) 16:55–61

Manserin, a secretogranin II-derived peptide, distributes in the rat endocrine pancreas colocalized with islet-cell specific manner  Kaori Tano^1,2, Akiko Oyabu¹, Yasura Tashiro¹, Naoki Kamada¹, Naoko Narita³, Fumio Nasu², Masaaki Narita¹Histochemistry and Cell Biology, in press