Table 1.
Factors released by the vascular endothelium (Adapted from: De la Serna (2010) [14]).
| Vasoactive Factors | |
| Vasodilators | -Nitric oxide (NO) |
| -Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) | |
| -Prostacyclin (PGI2) | |
| Vasoconstrictors | -Endothelin 1 (ET-1) |
| -Angiotensin II (Ang II) | |
| -Thromboxane A2 (TXA2) | |
| Growth modulators | |
| Growth promoters | -Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) |
| -Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) | |
| -Somatomedin-1 (IGF-1) | |
| -Endothelin 1 (ET-1) | |
| -Angiotensin II (Ang II) | |
| -Heparan sulfate (HPS) | |
| Growth inhibitors | -Transforming growth factor (TGF) |
| -Nitric oxide (NO) | |
| -Prostacyclin (PGI2) | |
| Modulators of inflammation | |
| Adhesion molecules | -Endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule (ELAM) -Intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM) -Vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) |
| Hemostatic and thrombolytic factors | |
| -Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) -Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) -Thrombomodulin |
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