endothelin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several polypeptides consisting of 21 amino acid residues that are produced in various cells and tissues, that play a role in regulating vasomotor activity, cell proliferation, and the production of hormones, and that have been implicated in the development of vascular disease.

/ˌɛn.doʊˈθiː.lɪn/

endothelin

From endothelium + -in.

ambrisentan avosentan bosentan macitentan zibotentan

endothelinergic

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