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Endothelin receptor antagonists attenuate sympathetic and blood pressure responses to intermittent hypoxia in rodents, but whether this translates to humans was unclear.
Does endothelin-1 receptor blockade alter the sympathetic and hemodynamic response to acute intermittent hypoxia in healthy young men?
Does endothelin-1 receptor blockade alter the sympathetic and hemodynamic response to acute intermittent hypoxia in healthy young men?
Endothelin receptor blockade does not mediate the sympathetic and blood pressure responses to acute intermittent hypoxia in healthy young men, contrasting with previous rodent data.
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ET receptor blockade does not blunt IH effects on MSNA or BP in healthy men; leaves open their role in clinical populations.
Repeat exposures to low oxygen (intermittent hypoxia, IH) elicit increases in muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and blood pressure (BP) in men. Endothelin (ET) receptor antagonists can attenuate the sympathetic and BP response to IH in rodents; whether these data translate to humans were unclear. We show acute IH results in an increase in ET-1, MSNA, and BP in healthy young men; however, the effect of IH on MSNA and BP does not occur through activation of ET-receptors in healthy young men.
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