Endothelial Regulation of Vascular Tone
1994
Through the release of a variety of relaxing and contracting factors, including nitric oxide and endothelin-1, the endothelium exerts a complex paracrine influence on vascular smooth muscle cells. Dysfunction of these mechanisms for regulating tone may have relevance to various clinical entities, including hypertension, atherosclerosis, renal failure, and diabetes.
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