title: [Plasma endothelin in normal probands and patients with nephrologic-rheumatologic and cardiovascular diseases].
abstract: Plasma concentrations of the recently isolated potent vasoconstrictory peptide endothelin were measured in 382 patients. The investigations were performed by means of a sensitive radioimmunoassay specific for Endothelin-1, 2. The results from 110 healthy volunteers displayed a normal range of 44.67 +/- 3.51 pg/ml. Significantly raised levels were found in 33 patients with chronic end-stage renal failure both before and after hemodialysis. In contrast, 35 patients with compensated renal insufficiency did not differ from the normals. Sixty-five patients after kidney transplantation revealed significantly elevated levels, as did 27 patients with acute myocardial infarction, 8 after coronary bypass surgery, and 5 with liver cirrhosis. The mean values of 27 patients with untreated hypertension, 22 with secondary hypertension, of various causes and 16 with coronary artery disease were comparable to the normal population. The values were significantly decreased in 9 pregnant women with hypertension and proteinuria. A marked decline was found in 5 patients with systemic lupus erythematodes, while 20 patients with rheumatoid arthritis demonstrated only a slight decrease. The pathophysiological role of endothelin as a local or circulating hormone in regulating systemic blood pressure or release of other hormones remains to be determined.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitätskliniken Göttingen.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schrader
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tebbe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borries
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ruschitzka
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schoel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kandt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Warneke
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Züchner
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Neu
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000097:blood*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood*; D016232:Endothelins / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000097:blood; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000097:blood*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins
vernacular_title: Plasma-Endothelin bei Normalpersonen und Patienten mit nephrologisch-rheumatologischen und kardiovaskulären Erkrankungen.