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    Endothelin receptor type A, also known as ETA, is a human G protein-coupled receptor. Endothelin receptor type A has been shown to interact with HDAC7A...
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  • There are at least four known endothelin receptors, ETA, ETB1, ETB2 and ETC, all of which are G protein-coupled receptors whose activation result in elevation...
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    An endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA) is a drug that blocks endothelin receptors. Three main kinds of ERAs exist: Dual ET Receptor Antagonists, which...
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    Endothelin receptor type B, (ET-B) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EDNRB gene. Endothelin receptor type B is a G protein-coupled receptor...
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    Endothelins are peptides with receptors and effects in many body organs. Endothelin constricts blood vessels and raises blood pressure. The endothelins...
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    suggests that endothelin receptor antagonists improve exercise capacity and decrease symptoms severity. The dual (ETA and ETB) endothelin receptor antagonist...
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    Aprocitentan (category Endothelin receptor antagonists)
    is taken by mouth. Aprocitentan is a receptor antagonist that targets both endothelin A and endothelin B receptors. Aprocitentan was approved for medical...
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    Macitentan (category Endothelin receptor antagonists)
    Macitentan, sold under the brand name Opsumit, is an endothelin receptor antagonist developed by Actelion and approved for the treatment of pulmonary...
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    Hirschsprung's disease in humans. A mutation in the middle of the endothelin receptor type B (EDNRB) gene causes lethal white syndrome when homozygous...
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    Ambrisentan (category Endothelin receptor antagonists)
    the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. It is an endothelin receptor antagonist. The peptide endothelin constricts muscles in blood vessels, increasing...
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    protein. The active peptide is a ligand for endothelin receptor type B (EDNRB). The interaction of this endothelin with EDNRB is essential for development...
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  • Sovateltide (category Endothelin receptor agonists)
    brand name Tyvalzi) is a synthetic analog of endothelin-1 that works as a selective endothelin-B receptor agonist. In May 2023, it was approved in India...
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    subsequently to mature endothelin, which the cells release. Patients with salt-sensitive hypertension have higher plasma ET-1. Endothelin-1 receptor antagonists...
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    Bosentan (category Endothelin receptor antagonists)
    Bosentan, sold under the brand name Tracleer among others, is a dual endothelin receptor antagonist medication used in the treatment of pulmonary artery hypertension...
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    or without corticosteroids Pulmonary arterial hypertension with endothelin receptor antagonists, phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors, and prostanoids Gastrooesophageal...
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    receptor and heightens the receptor's activity; the receptor antagonists work by binding to the receptor and blocking the activation of the receptor by...
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    to two different G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), the endothelin A receptor (EDNRA) and the endothelin B receptor (EDNRB). As ET-2 has a very similar...
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    NMDA receptor antagonists are a class of drugs that work to antagonize, or inhibit the action of, the N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). They are commonly...
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    vasodilation. Endothelin receptor antagonists cause vasodilation as well by blocking the action of the potent vasoconstrictor endothelin-1. Prostacyclins...
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    Atrasentan (category Endothelin receptor antagonists)
    name Vanrafia, is a medication used to reduce proteinuria. It is an endothelin receptor antagonist. It is taken by mouth. Atrasentan was approved for medical...
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    DL, Bowling AT, Rine J (Jun 1998). "A missense mutation in the endothelin-B receptor gene is associated with Lethal White Foal Syndrome: an equine version...
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    membrane-bound receptors. The discovery of the first cannabinoid receptors in the 1980s helped to resolve this debate. These receptors are common in animals...
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  • an extremely rare congenital disorder caused by a mutation in an endothelin receptor gene. It results in common Waardenburg syndrome symptoms such as...
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    Actelion scientists were among the first to work in the field of endothelin receptor antagonists. Actelion was initially financed with venture capital...
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    anti-dopaminergic and a dopamine receptor antagonist (DRA), is a type of drug which blocks dopamine receptors by receptor antagonism. Most antipsychotics...
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    selectively stimulates alpha adrenergic receptors. The alpha-adrenergic receptor has two subclasses α1 and α2. Alpha 2 receptors are associated with sympatholytic...
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    of medications that block the action of histamine at the histamine H2 receptors of the parietal cells in the stomach. This decreases the production of...
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  • that mimics the action of acetylcholine (ACh) at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). The nAChR is named for its affinity for nicotine. Examples include...
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    ischemia and pulmonary hypertension in Raynaud's phenomenon, and the endothelin receptor antagonist bosentan is used to manage severe pulmonary hypertension...
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  • parasympathomimetic drug, sometimes called a cholinomimetic drug or cholinergic receptor stimulating agent, is a substance that stimulates the parasympathetic nervous...
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