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FURCHGOTT, Robert Francis (1916 – 2009)

FURCHGOTT, Robert Francis (1916 – 2009)

1916 – 2009

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1980 CE

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The obligatory role of endothelial cells in the relaxation of arterial smooth muscle by acetylcholine.

FURCHGOTT, Robert Francis (1916 – 2009)
FURCHGOTT, Robert Francis (1916 – 2009)

In 1978 Furchgott discovered a substance in endothelial cells that relaxes blood vessels, calling it endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF). By 1986, he had worked out EDRF's nature and mechanism of action, and de…