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PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Volume 49, Issue 6, Pages 525-533Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2003.11.016
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angiogenesis; calcium-dependent potassium channels epoxyeicosatrienoic acids; gap junctions; soluble epoxide hydrolase
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The metabolism of arachidonic acid by cytochrome P450 (CYP) epoxygenases generates epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) which affect numerous cellular process including Ca2+ signaling and the activity of Ca2+-dependent K+ channels. The expression of the CYP epoxygenase(s) that generate EETs in endothelial cells is not constitutive but is determined by a number of physical (fluid shear stress and cyclic stretch) and pharmacological stimuli which also affect responses attributed to an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF). This review summarizes the role played by EETs, and the enzymes that generate and metabolize them, in EDHF-mediated responses. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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