INTRODUCTION To date, 559 humans have been flown into space, but long-duration (> 300
days) missions are rare (n= 8 total). Long-duration missions that will take humans to Mars …

Abstract Purpose of Review African Americans are over-burdened with hypertension
resulting in excess morbidity and mortality. We highlight the health impact of hypertension in …

Salt sensitive hypertension is characterized by increases in blood pressure in response to
increases in dietary salt intake and is associated with an enhanced risk of cardiovascular …

Dengue is a disease caused by a flavivirus that is transmitted principally by the bite of an
Aedes aegypti mosquito and represents a major public-health problem. Many studies have …

Several studies have demonstrated that blacks exhibit elevations in systemic oxidative
stress. However, the source (s) and mechanism (s) contributing to the elevation in oxidative …

Background Severe dengue with severe plasma leakage (SD-SPL) is the most frequent of
dengue severe form. Plasma biomarkers for early predictive diagnosis of SD-SPL are …

Abstract Aim of the Study During type 2 diabetes (T2D) and hypertension there is stimulation
of renal proximal tubule angiotensinogen (AGT), but whether urinary excretion of AGT …

Although hypertension in groups of African ancestry is volume-dependent, the relative
impact of systemic flow (stroke volume, peak aortic flow [Q]) versus vascular mechanisms …

Dengue is a disease caused by a flavivirus (DENV) and transmitted by the bite of a
mosquito, primarily the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus species. Previous studies have …

Experimental models of hypertension and patients with inappropriately increased renin
formation due to a stenotic kidney, arteriosclerotic narrowing of the renal arterioles or a rare …