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Long Acting Vasodilator Peptide from Lung Tissue

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THE important role of the lung in metabolizing vasoactive hormones is now firmly established1. Within the lung, some of these substances are normally removed from the circulation and inactivated (for example, bradykinin2); others are activated (angiotensin3) or are stored in large concentrations (for example, histamine4, prostaglandins5), and may be released into the blood stream under pharmacological and pathological influences.

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  1. SAMI I. SAID

    Present address: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 23219

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Karolinska Institute,

    SAMI I. SAID & VIKTOR MUTT

  2. Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratory, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    SAMI I. SAID & VIKTOR MUTT

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SAID, S., MUTT, V. Long Acting Vasodilator Peptide from Lung Tissue. Nature 224, 699–700 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224699a0

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