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Vasoconstrictor prostanoids

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In cardiovascular diseases and during aging, endothelial dysfunction is due in part to the release of endothelium-derived contracting factors that counteract the vasodilator effect of the nitric oxide. Endothelium-dependent contractions involve the activation of endothelial cyclooxygenases and the release of various prostanoids, which activate thromboxane prostanoid (TP) receptors of the underlying vascular smooth muscle. The stimulation of TP receptors elicits not only the contraction and the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells but also diverse physiological/pathophysiological reactions, including platelet aggregation and activation of endothelial inflammatory responses. TP receptor antagonists curtail endothelial dysfunction in diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, are potent antithrombotic agents, and prevent vascular inflammation.

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    Michel Félétou

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  3. Department Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Félétou, M., Huang, Y. & Vanhoutte, P.M. Vasoconstrictor prostanoids. Pflugers Arch - Eur J Physiol 459, 941–950 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00424-010-0812-6

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