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Abstract
Histamine (10(-8)-10(-6) M) relaxed in a concentration-dependent manner the guinea-pig pulmonary artery which had been contracted by noradrenaline (5 X 10(-7) M). After the removal of endothelial cells (ETCs) histamine at the same concentrations did not cause relaxation but induced additional contraction. Both responses to histamine were antagonized by chlorpheniramine (3 X 10(-7) M). These results suggest that in the pulmonary artery histamine simultaneously stimulates H1-receptors located on both ETCs and smooth muscle cells. This results in two opposite effects, relaxation mediated by ETCs, and contraction.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6705829 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(84)90468-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Pharmacol ISSN: 0014-2999 Impact factor: 4.432