Assertion: nitric oxide | /r/CapableOf | play renoprotective role
Facets:
value: in hypertensive patients
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: As a sympatholytic agent, nitric oxide not only contributes to the regulation of blood pressure, but also plays a renoprotective role in hypertensive patients by antagonizing the deleterious effects of norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and angiotensin and by mediating the release of another promising gasotransmitter, hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S).