| 1. | The unqualified term'prostacyclin'usually refers to PGI 2.
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| 2. | Treprostinil is a synthetic analog of prostacyclin ( PGI 2 ).
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| 3. | PGE2 and prostacyclin inhibit platelet aggregation and dilate blood vessels.
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| 4. | Examples of animal hormones subjected to ion trapping include Prostacyclin and Leukotrienes.
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| 5. | This highly unstable compound is rapidly transformed into other prostaglandins, prostacyclin and thromboxanes.
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| 6. | It is classified as a prostacyclin analog.
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| 7. | Synthetic pathways from PGH 2 ( the parent compound ) to prostaglandins, prostacyclin and thromboxanes
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| 8. | It does not stimulate as much prostacyclin and NO to induce relaxation on smooth muscle cells.
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| 9. | Instead it uses its heme cofactor to catalyze the isomerization of prostaglandin H 2 to prostacyclin.
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| 10. | Today's pulmonary hypertension treatment, prostacyclin, is proved to extend many patients'lives.
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