• The actions of vasopressin are mediated by stimulation of tissue-specific G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) called vasopressin receptors that are classified...
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    Human vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone (ADH), arginine vasopressin (AVP) or argipressin, is a hormone synthesized from the AVP gene as a...
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    Vasopressin receptor 1A (V1AR), or arginine vasopressin receptor 1A (officially called AVPR1A) is one of the three major receptor types for vasopressin...
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  • A vasopressin receptor antagonist (VRA) is an agent that interferes with action at the vasopressin receptors. Most commonly VRAs are used in the treatment...
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    Vasopressin receptor 2 (V2R), or arginine vasopressin receptor 2 (officially called AVPR2), is a protein that acts as receptor for vasopressin. AVPR2 belongs...
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    Vasopressin V1b receptor (V1BR) also known as vasopressin 3 receptor (VPR3) or antidiuretic hormone receptor 1B is a protein that in humans is encoded...
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    vasopressin receptors TC OT 39 – non-selective over vasopressin receptors WAY-267,464 – anxiolytic in mice; possibly non-selective over vasopressin receptors...
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    and V2 receptors which consequently lead to higher eGFR and lower vascular resistance in the lungs. A number of injectable arginine vasopressins are in...
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    The arginine vasopressin gene (AVP) is a gene whose product is proteolytically cleaved to produce vasopressin (also known as antidiuretic hormone or ADH)...
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  • the vasopressin receptor 2 at the kidney (the site of ADH action); or inherited mutations leading to a gain of function of the vasopressin-2 receptor (a...
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    arterial hypertension. Vasopressin stimulates the release of ACTH, which indirectly increases responsiveness of alpha-1 receptor in blood vessel smooth...
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    Oxytocin (category Vasopressin receptor agonists)
    may be mediated by modulation of a different target, perhaps the vasopressin V1A receptor where oxytocin is known to weakly bind as an agonist. Oxytocin...
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    Conivaptan (category Vasopressin receptor antagonists)
    Vaprisol, is a non-peptide inhibitor of the receptor for anti-diuretic hormone, also called vasopressin. It was approved in 2004 for hyponatremia (low...
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  • Tolvaptan and conivaptan antagonize the effects of antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin), thereby promoting the specific excretion of free water, directly ameliorating...
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    (orexin) receptor 2 (HCRTR2, OX2R) Vasopressin receptor InterPro: IPR001817 Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A (AVPR1A, V1AR) Arginine vasopressin receptor 1B...
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    LIT-001 (category Vasopressin receptor agonists)
    LIT-001 is a small-molecule oxytocin receptor agonist and vasopressin receptor mixed agonist and antagonist that was first described in the literature...
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    S.; Orlandi, Cesare (2006-11-16). "Tolvaptan, a Selective Oral Vasopressin V2-Receptor Antagonist, for Hyponatremia". New England Journal of Medicine...
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    not being produced in sufficient amounts, or vasopressin's receptors are not being stimulated by vasopressin. An example of desmopressin's use is for childhood...
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  • are not generally recommended. There is tentative evidence that vasopressin receptor antagonists (vaptans), such as conivaptan, may be slightly more effective...
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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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    Tolvaptan (category Vasopressin receptor antagonists)
    is an aquaretic drug that functions as a selective, competitive vasopressin receptor 2 (V2) antagonist used to treat hyponatremia (low blood sodium levels)...
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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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    Terlipressin (category Vasopressin receptor agonists)
    be effective when norepinephrine does not help. Terlipressin is a vasopressin receptor agonist. Terlipressin was approved for medical use in the United...
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    Oxytocin (medication) (category Vasopressin receptor agonists)
    oxytocin receptor agonists, like TC OT 39, WAY-267464, and LIT-001 have been developed and studied. However, lack of selectivity over vasopressin receptors has...
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  • Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, recently renamed as arginine vasopressin resistance (AVP-R) and also previously known as renal diabetes insipidus, is...
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    plant primarily and most animal organisms (although insects lack such receptors) or as synthetic compounds. The most notable cannabinoid is the phytocannabinoid...
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    (2002). "Chapter 14 Molecular pharmacology and modeling of vasopressin receptors". Vasopressin and Oxytocin: From Genes to Clinical Applications. Progress...
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  • may refer to: Alpha-1B adrenergic receptor Arginine vasopressin receptor 1B Interferon beta-1b Melatonin receptor 1B The ASCII hexadecimal code for the...
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  • parasympathetic nervous system by selectively blocking the binding of ACh to its receptor in nerve cells. The nerve fibers of the parasympathetic system are responsible...
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    glyburide (glibenclamide) which inhibits these channels. Vasopressin receptors activated by vasopressin are found on the basolateral membrane of the cells lining...
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