PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 18669895-1 2008 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Using a model of embolic stroke, the present study tested the hypothesis that blockage of endothelin-1 with S-0139, a specific endothelin type A receptor (ET(A)) antagonist, enhances the neuroprotective effect of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) by suppressing molecules that mediate thrombosis and blood brain barrier (BBB) disruption induced by ischemia and rtPA. S 0139 132-138 endothelin 1 Rattus norvegicus 114-126