Phosphodiesterase 5 attenuates the vasodilatory response in renovascular hypertension.

NO/cGMP signaling plays an important role in vascular relaxation and regulation of blood pressure. The key enzyme in the cascade, the NO-stimulated cGMP-forming guanylyl cyclase exists in two enzymatically indistinguishable isoforms (NO-GC1, NO-GC2) with NO-GC1 being the major NO-GC in the vasculatu...

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Main Authors: Johannes Stegbauer, Sebastian Friedrich, Sebastian A Potthoff, Kathrin Broekmans, Miriam M Cortese-Krott, Ivo Quack, Lars Christian Rump, Doris Koesling, Evanthia Mergia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24260450/?tool=EBI