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Backup Mechanisms Maintain PACAP/VIP-Induced Arterial Relaxations in Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide-Deficient Mice.
Journal of vascular research - 1 Jan 2017
Ivic Ivan, Fulop Balazs D, Juhasz Tamas, Reglodi Dora, Toth Gabor, Hashimoto Hitoshi, Tamas Andrea, Koller Akos
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a multifunctional neuropeptide in the VIP/secretin/glucagon peptide superfamily. Two active forms, PACAP1-38 and PACAP1-27, act through G protein-coupled receptors, the PAC1 and VPAC1/2 receptors. Effects of PACAP include potent vasomotor activity. Vasomotor activity and organ-specific vasomotor effects of PACAP-deficient mice have not yet...
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