title: Progress on function of the vascular endothelium.
abstract: Recent gains in understanding the functions of the vascular endothelium and the production of local vasoactive peptides, such as nitrous oxide and endothelins, offer new opportunities to study the role of nutrition in vascular biology.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016232:Endothelins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D009569:Nitric Oxide