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  • Title: The vascular extracellular calcium-sensing receptor: an update.
    Author: Weston AH, Geraghty A, Egner I, Edwards G.
    Journal: Acta Physiol (Oxf); 2011 Sep; 203(1):127-37. PubMed ID: 21199402.
    Abstract:
    The extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaR) was first described in the parathyroid gland. Recent studies have shown that the CaR is also expressed in blood vessels, especially in the endothelial and adventitial layers but its physiological function is still not clear. However, an understanding of its possible role(s) in the vasculature (perivascular-neurones, heart and blood vessels) is important because of the use of synthetic positive allosteric CaR modulators in hyperparathyroidism and the potential importance of negative modulators in the treatment of osteoporosis. In this review, the effects of CaR activation and inhibition are detailed and the possible role of the CaR as both an amplifier and attenuator of myo-endothelial coupling in the vasculature is described.
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