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Dual control of vascular tone and remodelling by ATP released from nerves and endothelial cells

Burnstock, G; (2008) Dual control of vascular tone and remodelling by ATP released from nerves and endothelial cells. Pharmacological Reports , 60 (1) pp. 12-20. Green open access

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Abstract

Purinergic signalling is important both in short-term control of vascular tone and in longer-term control of cell proliferation, migration and death involved in vascular remodelling. There is dual control of vascular tone by ATP released from perivascular nerves and by ATP released from endothelial cells in response to changes in blood flow (shear stress) and hypoxia. Both ATP and its breakdown product, adenosine, regulate smooth muscle and endothelial cell proliferation. The involvement of these regulatory mechanisms in pathological conditions, including hypertension, atherosclerosis, restenosis, diabetes and vascular pain, are discussed.

Type: Article
Title: Dual control of vascular tone and remodelling by ATP released from nerves and endothelial cells
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: http://www.if-pan.krakow.pl/pjp/pdf/2008/1_12.pdf
Language: English
Additional information: © Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences (2008)
Keywords: atherosclerosis, ATP, hypertension, pain, purinergic, restenosis, SMOOTH-MUSCLE-CELLS, SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE-RATS, P2 RECEPTOR EXPRESSION, EXTRACELLULAR ATP, GROWTH-FACTOR, ADENOSINE-TRIPHOSPHATE, CAUDAL ARTERY, PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION, CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY, MESENTERIC-ARTERIES
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1311065
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