[Relaxing and constricting factors derived from vascular endothelium].
The Author summarizes the factors produced in vascular endothelium in response to different stimuli. The relaxing factor is identified as nitric oxide, a radical, whereas the constricting factor, endothelin, is a peptide. Their actions are related to several situations, both normal and pathologic, still poorly understood.
Instituto de Química Fisiológica, Faculdade de Medicina, Lisboa.
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D016232:Endothelins / Q000502:physiology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
D016232:Endothelins; D009569:Nitric Oxide
Factores relaxantes e constrictores derivados do endotélio vascular.