Figure 1.
Effects of endothelium-dependent vasodilators, nitro-vasodilators, and atriopeptins in rat aorta segments. ANF-1,2, atrial natriuretic factor 1 and 2; DG, diacylglycerol; EDRF, endothelium-derived relaxing factor; IPs, inositol phosphates; NO, nitric oxide; PI, phosphoinositides; PLC, phospholipase C. (From: Murad F. Cyclic guanosine monophosphate as a mediator of vasodilation. J Clin Invest 1986;78:1–5. With permission.)