Endothelin: the yin and yang of ischemic acute renal failure

R Safirstein - Kidney International, 2001 - kidney-international.org
In this month's issue of Kidney International Forbes of the renal medulla [7]. Endothelin
receptors A and B are found throughout the kidney, and probably overlap et al study the long-
term deleterious effects of single kidney ischemia and demonstrate the dual role played
within the same site, though at different densities. In by the renal endothelin system in this
destructive process general, the A receptor is dominant in the vascular com-[1]. Previously
viewed as a transient and fully reversible partment, while the B receptor is more prominent in …