“…On the other hand, other researchers detected augmented NKCC in VSMR from rodents with secondary hypertension [15,24] and enhanced content of endogenous NKCC inhibitor in the plasma of salt-sensitive rats [5], suggesting that the carrier is subjected to cell-typespecific regulation by diverse stimuli. Indeed, no systematic involvement of Ca 2+ , cAMP and cGMP has been detected in studies of NKCC in human and rat erythrocytes [17], whereas in VSMR and cultured VSMC, this carrier was activated by Ca 2+ i -raising vasoconstrictors, including angiotensin II, and was inhibited by cAMP-and cGMP-mediated vasodilators [3,4,42,49,55,57]. Opposing regulation by vasodilators was documented in a study of Na + -independent K + ,Cl − cotransport (KCC) [2], i.e.…”