Protease-activated receptor 2-mediated vasodilatation in humans in vivo: role of nitric oxide and prostanoids.
BACKGROUND: Systemic hypotension as a consequence of vascular dysfunction is a well-recognized and important feature of critical illness. Although serine protease activation has been implicated as a cause of vascular dysfunction in systemic inflammation, the mechanism is unknown. Recently, a class...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2003
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