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This paper aimed to assess the influence of opioid receptors on plasma level of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in 12 kidney transplant patients (KTP) with stable graft function and in 15 healthy subjects (control). In KTP significantly higher plasma levels of ANP were found under basal conditions than in control subjects. After blockade of opioid receptors by naloxone a significant decline of plasma ANP was noticed, which was significantly more marked in KTP than in normals. Data obtained in this study suggest, that opioid receptors do influence plasma ANP levels both in KTP and healthy subjects. This influence seems to be significantly more marked in KTP than in normals. Hyperendorphinism seems to be involved in the pathogenesis of elevated plasma ANP levels in KTP.
W Grzeszczak, and
E Zukowska-Szczechowska, and
F Kokot
October 1992,
Clinical nephrology,
W Grzeszczak, and
E Zukowska-Szczechowska, and
F Kokot
June 1991,
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W Grzeszczak, and
E Zukowska-Szczechowska, and
F Kokot
August 1988,
The American review of respiratory disease,
W Grzeszczak, and
E Zukowska-Szczechowska, and
F Kokot
January 1989,
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W Grzeszczak, and
E Zukowska-Szczechowska, and
F Kokot
January 1994,
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W Grzeszczak, and
E Zukowska-Szczechowska, and
F Kokot
May 1997,
Endocrinology,
W Grzeszczak, and
E Zukowska-Szczechowska, and
F Kokot
May 1992,
American journal of hypertension,
W Grzeszczak, and
E Zukowska-Szczechowska, and
F Kokot
October 1992,
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W Grzeszczak, and
E Zukowska-Szczechowska, and
F Kokot
January 1989,
Endokrynologia Polska,
W Grzeszczak, and
E Zukowska-Szczechowska, and
F Kokot
February 1992,
The Physiologist,
