Three peptides from the atrial natriuretic factor prohormone amino terminus lower blood pressure and produce a diuresis, natriuresis, and/or kaliuresis in humans. - Vesely,D.L.; Douglass,M.A.; Dietz,J.R.; Gower,W.R .; McCormick,M.T.; Rodriguez-Paz,G.; Schocken,D.D. (Circulation, 1994)