A large body of evidence has emerged in the past decade supporting a role for the gut
microbiome in the regulation of blood pressure. The field has moved from association to …

Salt Handling and Blood Pressure Salt intake is associated with blood pressure, but the
relationship is complex. This review highlights the interplay among renal salt transport, salt …

Document Reviewers: Luis Alcocer (Mexico), Christina Antza (Greece), Mustafa Arici
(Turkey), Eduardo Barbosa (Brazil), Adel Berbari (Lebanon), Luıs Bronze (Portugal), John …

Systemic inflammation markers have been highlighted recently as related to cardiac and
non-cardiac disorders. However, few studies have estimated pre-diagnostic associations …

Hypertension (HTN), a disease afflicting over one billion individuals worldwide, is a leading
cause of cognitive impairment, the mechanisms of which remain poorly understood. In the …

Hypertension is a global public health issue and the leading cause of premature death in
humans. Despite more than a century of research, hypertension remains difficult to cure due …

The mosaic theory of hypertension was advocated by Irvine Page~ 80 years ago and
suggested that hypertension resulted from the close interactions of different causes …

The development of essential hypertension involves several factors. Vascular dysfunction,
characterized by endothelial dysfunction, low-grade inflammation and structural remodeling …

Document Reviewers: Luis Alcocer (Mexico), Christina Antza (Greece), Mustafa Arici
(Turkey), Eduardo Barbosa (Brazil), Adel Berbari (Lebanon), Luıs Bronze (Portugal), John …

The sodium (Na+)/hydrogen (H+) exchanger 3 (NHE3) is one of the most important Na+/H+
antiporters in the small intestines of the gastrointestinal tract and the proximal tubules of the …