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      Modulation of Vascular Tone by Atrial Natriuretic Factor

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          Synthetic atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) has been found to be a potent relaxant of isolated vascular preparations. ANF is more effective in relaxing agonist-induced versus depolarized contractile events and the relaxation efficacy appears inversely related to the level of contractile preload. The vasorelaxation to ANF is associated with elevations of cyclic GMP via an activation of the particulate form of guanylate cyclase. Both species and regional-vascular differences exist, in vitro as well as in vivo, in the vasorelaxation response to ANF which may reflect an altered distribution of high affinity receptors and/or different states of active vascular tone of the particular preparation.

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          Journal
          JVR
          J Vasc Res
          10.1159/issn.1018-1172
          Journal of Vascular Research
          S. Karger AG
          978-3-8055-4604-1
          978-3-318-02026-7
          1018-1172
          1423-0135
          1987
          1987
          23 September 2008
          : 24
          : 3
          : 128-131
          Affiliations
          Department of Pharmacology, Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, West Point, Pa., USA
          Article
          158685 Blood Vessels 1987;24:128–131
          10.1159/000158685
          47feac78-c67e-4acb-a637-6b3464f4eca6
          © 1987 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          Pages: 4
          Categories
          Neurohumoral Control of Blood Vessel Tone

          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Atrial natriuretic factor,Vascular smooth muscle,Vasorelaxation,Vasodilation,Cyclic GMP,Particulate guanylate cyclase

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