Endothelium removal augments endothelium‐independent vasodilatation in rat mesenteric vascular bed

Abstract

These results suggest that the endothelium in rat mesenteric arteries regulates and maintains vascular tone via counteracting not only vasoconstriction through releasing endothelium-derived relaxing factors, but also vasodilatation, in part by releasing an EDCF, thromboxane A(2).