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    Endothelins are peptides with receptors and effects in many body organs. Endothelin constricts blood vessels and raises blood pressure. The endothelins...
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    Endothelin receptor type A, also known as ETA, is a human G protein-coupled receptor. Endothelin receptor type A has been shown to interact with HDAC7A...
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  • An endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA) is a drug that blocks endothelin receptors. Three main kinds of ERAs exist: Dual ET Receptor Antagonists, which...
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    is proteolytically processed to release endothelin 1. Endothelin 1 is one of three isoforms of human endothelin. Preproendothelin is precursor of the peptide...
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  • There are at least four known endothelin receptors, ETA, ETB1, ETB2 and ETC, all of which are G protein-coupled receptors whose activation result in elevation...
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    Endothelin receptor type B, (ET-B) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EDNRB gene. Endothelin receptor type B is a G protein-coupled receptor...
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    Aprocitentan (category Endothelin receptor antagonists)
    taken by mouth. Aprocitentan is a dual endothelin-1 antagonist that targets both endothelin A and endothelin B receptors. Aprocitentan was approved for...
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    activity) decreases. Endothelin-1 is a peptide (comprising 21 amino acids) that is produced in endothelial cells. It acts on the endothelin receptors ETA and...
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    Macitentan (category Endothelin receptor antagonists)
    Macitentan, sold under the brand name Opsumit, is an endothelin receptor antagonist developed by Actelion and approved for the treatment of pulmonary arterial...
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    Matsuda, Yoichi; Akiyama, Toyoko (February 2012). "Gene Duplication of endothelin 3 Is Closely Correlated with the Hyperpigmentation of the Internal Organs...
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    Endothelin-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EDN3 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the endothelin family. Endothelins...
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    Endothelin 2 (ET-2) is a protein encoded by the EDN2 gene in humans. It was first discovered in 1988 by Yanagisawa and team and belongs to a family of...
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  • Endothelin-converting enzyme 1 (EC 3.4.24.71, endothelin-converting enzyme, ECE-1) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction...
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    Bosentan (category Endothelin receptor antagonists)
    Bosentan, sold under the brand name Tracleer among others, is a dual endothelin receptor antagonist medication used in the treatment of pulmonary artery...
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    decrease collagen degradation and increase extracellular matrix production. Endothelin signalling is implicated in the pathophysiology of fibrosis. Vitamin D...
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    hormones; angiotensin II, endothelin-1 and the catecholamines (e.g. noradrenaline).[citation needed] Angiotensin-II and endothelin-1 are hormones that bind...
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    Endothelin converting enzyme 1, also known as ECE1, is an enzyme which in humans is encoded by the ECE1 gene. Endothelin-converting enzyme-1 is involved...
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    to Hirschsprung's disease in humans. A mutation in the middle of the endothelin receptor type B (EDNRB) gene causes lethal white syndrome when homozygous...
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  • Sovateltide (category Endothelin receptor agonists)
    the brand name Tyvalzi) is a synthetic analog of endothelin-1 that works as a selective endothelin-B receptor agonist. In May 2023, it was approved in...
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    Ambrisentan (category Endothelin receptor antagonists)
    the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. It is an endothelin receptor antagonist. The peptide endothelin constricts muscles in blood vessels, increasing...
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    vasoconstriction, including the release of vasoconstrictor substances such as endothelin and angiotensin II, both of which play crucial roles in the modulation...
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  • EtBr may refer to: Bromoethane Endothelin_B_receptor (when written as ETBR) Ethidium bromide This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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    sympathetic drive in hypertension include reactive oxygen species and endothelin. Some studies have shown that hypertensive patients manifest greater vasoconstrictor...
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  • transmembrane zinc-dependent endopeptidase which is responsible for cleaving endothelin-3. The KEL gene encodes a type II transmembrane glycoprotein that is the...
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    signaling, cardiac hypertrophy signaling, Wnt signaling, Notch signaling, and endothelin 1 signaling. Of the 16 genes identified in these pathways, three were...
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  • inhibitor) Celecoxib (COX-2 inhibitor) Parecoxib (COX-2 inhibitor) Bosentan (endothelin receptor antagonist) Dofetilide (class III antiarrhythmic) Dronedarone...
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    thought there is a massive degranulation of vasoconstrictors, including endothelins and free radicals, that cause the vasospasm. Intracranial aneurysms may...
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    Carl-Johan (2016-02-16). "A Complex Genomic Rearrangement Involving the Endothelin 3 Locus Causes Dermal Hyperpigmentation in the Chicken". PLOS Genet. 7...
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  • with prediabetes or Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Oxytocin (OXT) Omentin Endothelin-1 Nesfatin-1 Irisin Betatrophin Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) Fibroblast...
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    dephosphorylation of MLC ↑SERCA → ↓intracellular Ca2+ NO receptor on endothelium ↓endothelin synthesis epinephrine (adrenaline) β-2 adrenergic receptor ↑Gs activity...
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