ArticleBritish journal of pharmacology2002
Comparison of vasodilators in human internal mammary artery: ghrelin is a potent physiological antagonist of endothelin-1.
Article in British journal of pharmacology, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 211 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ghrelin: integrative neuroendocrine peptide in health and disease.Annals of surgery · 2004Pooled it
- Acute administration of acyl, but not desacyl ghrelin, decreases blood pressure in healthy humans.European journal of endocrinology · 2017Trial
- Lactobacillus paragasseri OLL2716 Promotes Ghrelin Expression in Gastric Cells.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Article
- Potassium channels in vascular smooth muscle cells.Physiological reviews · 2026Review
- Genetic Variations and Serum Levels of Leptin and Ghrelin in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology · 2024Article
- N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide Correlates with Ghrelin and Acyl-Ghrelin in Pre-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Observational
- Effect of Ghrelin on the Cardiovascular System.Biology · 2022Review
- An Overview of Circulating Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Biomarkers.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- Heal the heart through gut (hormone) ghrelin: a potential player to combat heart failure.Heart failure reviews · 2021Review
- The Role of Gasotransmitters in Gut Peptide Actions.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Review
- Unacylated Ghrelin Improves Vascular Dysfunction and Attenuates Atherosclerosis during High-Fat Diet Consumption in Rodents.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Article
- Ghrelin and vascular protection.Vascular biology (Bristol, England) · 2019Review
- Obestatin regulates cardiovascular function and promotes cardioprotection through the nitric oxide pathway.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2017Article
- Evaluation of ghrelin levels and endothelial functions in patients with coronary slow flow phenomenon.Interventional medicine & applied science · 2017Article
- Obestatin Plays Beneficial Role in Cardiomyocyte Injury Induced by Ischemia-Reperfusion In Vivo and In Vitro.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2017Article
- Ghrelin and Blood Pressure Regulation.Current hypertension reports · 2016Review
- Plasma Levels of Acylated Ghrelin in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Congenital Heart Disease.Pediatric cardiology · 2015Article
- Implications of ghrelin and hexarelin in diabetes and diabetes-associated heart diseases.Endocrine · 2015Review
- Therapeutic applications of ghrelin agonists in the treatment of gastroparesis.Current gastroenterology reports · 2015Review
- Ghrelin inhibits AngII -induced expression of TNF-α, IL-8, MCP-1 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells.International journal of clinical and experimental medicine · 2015Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
1 The potential vasodilator function of the peptide ghrelin, recently identified as the endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue orphan receptor (GHS-R), was investigated in human endothelium-denuded internal mammary artery. The peptide endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a potent and long-lasting vasoconstrictor. Comparisons were made with established and putative endogenous vasodilators to determine if any could reverse ET-1-induced vasoconstriction in this vessel. 2 Ghrelin (0.1-300 nM) potently dilated 10 nM ET-1-induced constrictions (pD(2) 8.39+/-0.29; E(MAX) 63+/-5.6%; n=9/14, responders/total). 3 ANP (pD(2) 7.75+/-0.14; E(MAX) 106+/-2.0; n=5/5) and CGRP (pD(2) 8.08+/-0.17; E(MAX) 76+/-15% n=5/6) both produced complete reversal of the constrictor response to ET-1 (E(MAX) not significantly different from 100%, P>0.05 one-sample t-test). 4 The following caused partial reversal of the ET-1 response: Adrenomedullin (n=9/9) and two peptides derived from proadrenomedullin, PAMP-12 (n=6/7) and PAMP-20 (n=9/9) (pD(2) values 7.63+/-0.28, 7.97+/-0.23 and 8.51+/-0.29; E(MAX) 58+/-7.3, 54+/-10 and 51+/-7.8% respectively). Unexpectedly, amylin was only 2 fold less potent than CGRP, although there was less than 50% reversal of the ET-1 constriction (pD(2) 7.86+/-0.30; E(MAX) 41+/-5.4%; n=7/9). CNP (n=6/6) also partially reversed constrictions to ET-1 (E(MAX) 53+/-6.3; pD(2) 8.07+/-0.38). 5 BNP (n=4/5) and PGI(2) (n=6/8) were weak vasodilators, since concentration-response curves failed to reach a maximum within the range tested. PGE(2) caused a small dilatation in some vessels (E(MAX) 17+/-2.1%; pD(2) 8.63+/-0.36; n=4/8). 6 We have demonstrated ghrelin to be an effective, endothelium-independent vasodilator of the long-lasting constrictor ET-1 in human arteries producing responses similar to those of adrenomedullin (P>0.05, ANOVA). British Journal of Pharmacology (2002) 136, 1146-1152
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.