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Descriptor English: Endothelin-2
Descriptor Spanish: Endotelina-2
Descriptor endotelina 2
Scope note: Péptido de 21 aminoácidos producido en el riñón e intestino, y cantidades más pequeñas producidas en en miocardio, placenta y útero, pero no está claro de qué células se origina. A diferencia de la endotelina-1, la endotelina-2 no tiene funciones fisiológicas singulares.
Descriptor Portuguese: Endotelina-2
Descriptor French: Endothéline-2
Entry term(s): Endothelin 2
Tree number(s): D12.644.276.400.235
D12.776.467.400.235
D23.529.400.235
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019333
Scope note: A 21-amino acid peptide produced predominantly within the kidney and intestine, with smaller amounts produced in the myocardium, placenta, and uterus, but the cells of origin are not clear. Endothelin-2 has no unique physiologic functions, as compared with endothelin-1. (N Eng J Med 1995;333(6):356-63)
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DE drug effects
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Previous Indexing: Endothelins (1991-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97; was see ENDOTHELINS 1991-96
Online Note: use ENDOTHELINS to search ENDOTHELIN-2 1991-96
History Note: 97; was see ENDOTHELINS 1991-96
DeCS ID: 33037
Unique ID: D019333
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2015/06/26
Endothelin-2 - Preferred
Concept UI M0028781
Scope note A 21-amino acid peptide produced predominantly within the kidney and intestine, with smaller amounts produced in the myocardium, placenta, and uterus, but the cells of origin are not clear. Endothelin-2 has no unique physiologic functions, as compared with endothelin-1. (N Eng J Med 1995;333(6):356-63)
Preferred term Endothelin-2
Entry term(s) Endothelin 2



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