because the vascular endothelium is now known to influence vascular tone by release of relaxing factors and cya can damage endothelial cells , it was of interest to determine if cya could induce a rise in blood pressure ( bp ) in normal rats and if this was associated with increased vascular responses to constrictor stimuli and/or decreased responses to endothelium-dependent dilators .
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endothelial cells
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endothelium