Hypertension is the most common chronic disease in the world, yet the precise cause of
elevated blood pressure often cannot be determined. Animal models have been useful for …

Hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular and chronic renal disease. Despite
multiple important strides that have been made in our understanding of the etiology of …

Kefir, a probiotic beverage prepared from fermented milk, has been associated with
antihypertensive activity. However, the bioactive molecules responsible for this activity still …

The immune system plays a prominent role in the initiation and maintenance of
hypertension. The innate immune system, via toll‐like receptors (TLRs), identifies distinct …

Hypertension is the first modifiable vascular risk factor accounting for 10.4 million deaths
worldwide; it is strongly and independently associated with the risk of stroke and is related to …

Pre‐eclampsia and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are frequently associated with
foeto‐placental growth restriction, and that may be triggered by angiogenic imbalance and …

Background: Combined congenic breeding and microarray gene expression profiling
previously identified glutathione S-transferase μ-type 1 (Gstm1) as a positional and …

Based on previous studies suggesting a role of renal nerves in renal inflammation, the
present studies were performed to test the hypothesis that renal nerves mediate renal …

The subfornical organ (SFO), a forebrain circumventricular organ that lies outside the blood-
brain barrier, has been implicated in arterial pressure and baroreflex responses to …

Background: Hypertension is a major risk factor for atherosclerotic disease. However, it is
still not clear whether mechanical stress caused by hypertension directly affects the …