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Cholinergic agents are known to induce increases in tissue and plasma levels of cyclic GMP in experimental animals. We observed that i.m. injection of methacholine, a cholinergic agent, caused significant increases in plasma cyclic GMP and cyclic AMP in man.
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Hata, S., Okada, F., Honma, M. et al. Plasma cyclic 3′,5′-guanosine monophosphate and cyclic 3′,5′-adenosine monophosphate response to methacholine in man. Experientia 36, 1127–1128 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01966010
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