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. 2021 Sep 13;12:735573. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.735573

TABLE 4.

Agents with known mechanism of action and their effects on LSEC fenestrations.

Inhibitor Target Effect References
C3 transferase RhoA FN ↑, D ↑ Yokomori et al., 2004
Simvastatin CD47 FN ↑, D ↑ Hunt et al., 2019
Y27635 ROCK FN ↑ Venkatraman and Tucker-Kellogg, 2013
W7 Calmodulin D ↑ Oda et al., 1993
7 keto cholesterol Lipid rafts FN ↑, D ↑ Svistounov et al., 2012
Amlodipine Ca channel FN ↑ Hunt et al., 2019

Promotor/activator Target Effect References

LPA RhoA D↓ Yokomori et al., 2004
Sildenafil Amlodipine TRAIL cGMP FN↑ Hunt et al., 2019
Phorbol myristate PKC FN↓ de Zanger et al., 1997
Thrombospondin CD47 Defenestration Venkatraman and Tucker-Kellogg, 2013
Simvastatin NO FN ↑, D ↓ Venkatraman and Tucker-Kellogg, 2013; Hunt et al., 2019
Serotonin Ca channel D↓ Gatmaitan and Arias, 1993; Braet et al., 1995a

FN, fenestration number; D, fenestration diameter; ↑/↓, increase/decrease.