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VEGF-A also increases vascular permeability, with an effect 10,000 times more potent than that of the vasoactive substance histamine; VEGF-A was originally purified based on this property, and was named vascular permeability factor [ 3].
Biliary epithelial function is partially under the control of secretin and vasoactive intestinal peptide [ 1 ] . Other extracellular agonists that influence biliary function include neuropeptides [ 2 3 ] , ATP [ 4 5 ] , and bile salts [ 6 ] . In addition to the well-documented role that cytokines play in the immune response and inflammation [ 7 8 ] , cytokines also modify the functioning of epithelial cells.
The variability of circulating vasoactive mediators from one day to another has been recently advocated to explain the variability of the dose-response to NO on different days in the same patient [ 11].
Several vasoactive G-protein coupled agonists, including angiotensin II and endothelin, have also been shown to activate the ERK pathway in vascular smooth muscle cells [ 6 21 ] . These same hormones also activate the JNK and p38 pathways.
Slow recovery of blood flow has been used as an index of reduced vascular reactivity in coronary arteries [ 36 ] . The hyperemic response to ischemia is dependent on the presence and response to metabolic factors and vasoactive substances such as nitric oxide and adenosine [ 37 ] . The prolonged recovery of blood flow in our study could be due to either a greater buildup of metabolic factors/vasoactive substances and/or a diminished ability to remove them in the older subjects.
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