In spontaneously hypertensive rats, flow-induced dilation is decreased despite increased cGMP production and NOS activity, suggesting an upregulation of the NO/cGMP pathway to compensate for increased vascular tone.
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Suggests compensatory NO/cGMP upregulation in hypertensive vessels; leaves open translation to human hypertension.
Qiu et al. (1998) studied this question.
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