These data suggest that adrenomedullin-related reduction of vascular hyperpermeability might represent a novel and important mechanism contributing to the beneficial effects of this endogenous vasoregulatory peptide in sepsis and septic shock.
These data suggest that exogenously added adrenomedullin protects ileum mucosa by diminishing alpha-toxin-induced microcirculatory disturbances. Further investigations will have to clarify the therapeutic potential of adrenomedullin in sepsis-related gut dysfunction.
A single dose of clomipramine, 10 mg i.v., or desipramine, 25 mg i.m., was administered to seven healthy young sibling pairs in a randomized cross-over experiment. The response of serum growth hormone, prolactin and cortisol was measured. The main findings were (1) sex differences in the growth hormone and cortisol response to desipramine and (2) a significant genetic component of the prolactin and cortisol response to desipramine as indicated by significantly (p < 0.05) lower within-pair than between-pair variance in the sibling pairs but not random pairs of the experimental subjects.
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