Title : [Calcium antagonists and endothelial function].

Pub. Date : 2005 Oct

PMID : 16199912






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1 Regarding the mechanism for this kind of action by nifedipine (a calcium antagonist), it seems likely that the drug stimulates SOD expression in endothelial cells through enhanced VEGF expression by vascular smooth muscle cells, and thus reduces oxidative stress, leading to increased NO production. Calcium superoxide dismutase 1 Homo sapiens