 Endothelin-1
"Endothelin-1" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 21-amino acid peptide produced in a variety of tissues including endothelial and vascular smooth-muscle cells, neurons and astrocytes in the central nervous system, and endometrial cells. It acts as a modulator of vasomotor tone, cell proliferation, and hormone production. (N Eng J Med 1995;333(6):356-63)
| Descriptor ID |
D019332
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.400.225 D12.776.467.400.225 D23.529.400.225
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| Concept/Terms |
Proendothelin (1-38)- Proendothelin (1-38)
- Big Endothelin
- Big Endothelin-1
- Big Endothelin 1
- Endothelin-1, Big
- Endothelin, Big
Preproendothelin-1- Preproendothelin-1
- Preproendothelin 1
- Preproendothelin
- Proendothelin-1 Precursor
- Precursor, Proendothelin-1
- Proendothelin 1 Precursor
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Endothelin-1" by people in Profiles.
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Karmouty-Quintana H, Zhong H, Acero L, Weng T, Melicoff E, West JD, Hemnes A, Grenz A, Eltzschig HK, Blackwell TS, Xia Y, Johnston RA, Zeng D, Belardinelli L, Blackburn MR. The A2B adenosine receptor modulates pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease. FASEB J. 2012 Jun; 26(6):2546-57.
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Golembeski SM, West J, Tada Y, Fagan KA. Interleukin-6 causes mild pulmonary hypertension and augments hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension in mice. Chest. 2005 Dec; 128(6 Suppl):572S-573S.
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