| Literature DB >> 15749673 |
Claudine Lapouméroulie, Malika Benkerrou, Marie Hélène Odièvre, Rolande Ducrocq, Manuel Brun, Jacques Elion.
Abstract
Plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) is elevated in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Hydroxyurea (HU) is the only drug with demonstrated clinical efficacy in SCD. Here we show that treatment with HU results in a decreased concentration of circulating ET-1 which is not correlated with the HU-induced increase in HbF level. Blunting of the ET-1 vasoconstrictive stimulus could contribute to the beneficial effects of HU.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15749673
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Haematologica ISSN: 0390-6078 Impact factor: 9.941