title: Clopidogrel application: beyond coronary artery disease.
abstract: Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel, a P2Y12 antagonist, is a cornerstone for treatment of patients with stroke, peripheral arterial disease, and acute coronary artery disease followed with or without percutaneous coronary intervention. Giachini and colleagues found that clopidogrel could normalize the increased phenylephrine-induced vascular contraction and impaired acetylcholine-induced vasodilatation in mesenteric arteries from angiotensin II-infused Sprague-Dawley rats. This might develop a new area for clopidogrel application. However, whether clopidogrel can improve the arterial function in patients with hypertension or diabetes, or whether clopidogrel outweighs the beneficial effect aspirin in those patients, remains an open field for future inquiry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Shantou Medical College, Shantou University, Shantou City,People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chunyu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000187:drug effects*; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D058925:Receptors, Purinergic P2Y12; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C553058:P2ry12 protein, rat; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D058925:Receptors, Purinergic P2Y12; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine