Vasopressin plays a vital part in homeostasis by regulating water excretion in the kidney. But it seems that vasopressin also dampens the inflammatory response to uropathogenic Escherichia coli—a finding that adds to a growing list of adverse actions of the 'antidiuretic hormone'.
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Knepper, M., Star, R. Vasopressin: friend or foe?. Nat Med 14, 14–16 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0108-14
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