Title : Captopril increases skin microvascular blood flow secondary to bradykinin, nitric oxide, and prostaglandins.

Pub. Date : 1995 Mar

PMID : 7896012






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1 Captopril increases skin microvascular blood flow secondary to bradykinin, nitric oxide, and prostaglandins. Captopril kininogen 1 Homo sapiens
2 This study was designed to test whether the ACEI captopril increases skin microvascular blood flow by a bradykinin-dependent mechanism. Captopril kininogen 1 Homo sapiens
3 The responses to bradykinin or captopril were abolished by coinjecting a bradykinin antagonist, a specific bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist, or inhibitors of NOS or cyclooxygenase. Captopril kininogen 1 Homo sapiens
4 The results indicate that captopril increases skin microvascular blood flow in rabbits and humans secondary to an increase in endogenous tissue bradykinin; this stimulates B2 receptors with subsequent release of prostaglandins and nitric oxide. Captopril kininogen 1 Homo sapiens