Role of the immune system in hypertension

B Rodriguez-Iturbe, H Pons… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
High blood pressure is present in more than one billion adults worldwide and is the most
important modifiable risk factor of death resulting from cardiovascular disease. While many …

Renal metabolism and hypertension

Z Tian, M Liang - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Hypertension is a leading risk factor for disease burden worldwide. The kidneys, which have
a high specific metabolic rate, play an essential role in the long-term regulation of arterial …

Emerging role of the inflammasome and pyroptosis in hypertension

C De Miguel, P Pelegrín, A Baroja-Mazo… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Inflammasomes are components of the innate immune response that have recently emerged
as crucial controllers of tissue homeostasis. In particular, the nucleotide-binding domain …

Immune mechanisms of salt-sensitive hypertension and renal end-organ damage

DL Mattson - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2019 - nature.com
Immune mechanisms have been recognized to have a role in the pathogenesis of
hypertension, vascular disease and kidney damage in humans and animals for many …

Inflammation and oxidative stress in salt sensitive hypertension; The role of the NLRP3 inflammasome

LA Ertuglu, AP Mutchler, J Yu, A Kirabo - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Salt-sensitivity of blood pressure is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease
and affects approximately half of the hypertensive population. While the precise …

Immune mechanisms in hypertension and vascular injury

EL Schiffrin - Clinical science, 2014 - portlandpress.com
Over the last 20 years it has become recognized that low-grade inflammation plays a role in
cardiovascular disease. More recently, participation of the innate and the adaptive immune …

Genetic mutation of recombination activating gene 1 in Dahl salt-sensitive rats attenuates hypertension and renal damage

DL Mattson, H Lund, C Guo… - American Journal …, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Hypertension and renal damage in Dahl SS rats are associated with increased infiltrating
immune cells in the kidney. To examine the role of infiltrating immune cells in this disease …

Adaptive immunity in hypertension

TP Mikolajczyk, TJ Guzik - Current hypertension reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review In recent years, a vast body of evidence has accumulated
indicating the role of the immune system in the regulation of blood pressure and modulation …

Infiltrating immune cells in the kidney in salt-sensitive hypertension and renal injury

DL Mattson - American Journal of Physiology-Renal …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
The importance of the immune system in hypertension, vascular disease, and renal disease
has been appreciated for over 50 years. Recent experimental advances have led to a …

Towards precision medicine for hypertension: a review of genomic, epigenomic, and microbiomic effects on blood pressure in experimental rat models and humans

S Padmanabhan, B Joe - Physiological reviews, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Compelling evidence for the inherited nature of essential hypertension has led to extensive
research in rats and humans. Rats have served as the primary model for research on the …