Hypertension, the renin–angiotensin system, and the risk of lower respiratory tract infections and lung injury: implications for COVID-19: European Society of …

R Kreutz, EAEH Algharably, M Azizi… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Systemic arterial hypertension (referred to as hypertension herein) is a major risk factor of
mortality worldwide, and its importance is further emphasized in the context of the novel …

Vascular inflammation and oxidative stress: major triggers for cardiovascular disease

S Steven, K Frenis, M Oelze, S Kalinovic… - Oxidative medicine …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death and reduced quality of life, proven by
the latest data of the Global Burden of Disease Study, and is only gaining in prevalence …

Angiotensin II signal transduction: an update on mechanisms of physiology and pathophysiology

SJ Forrester, GW Booz, CD Sigmund… - Physiological …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system plays crucial roles in cardiovascular physiology
and pathophysiology. However, many of the signaling mechanisms have been unclear. The …

Immune mechanisms of hypertension

GR Drummond, A Vinh, TJ Guzik… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Hypertension affects 30% of adults and is the leading risk factor for heart attack and stroke.
Traditionally, hypertension has been regarded as a disorder of two systems that are involved …

[HTML][HTML] Role of inflammation, immunity, and oxidative stress in hypertension: New insights and potential therapeutic targets

Z Zhang, L Zhao, X Zhou, X Meng, X Zhou - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Hypertension is regarded as the most prominent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases,
which have become a primary cause of death, and recent research has demonstrated that …

Oxidative stress, inflammation, and vascular aging in hypertension

TJ Guzik, RM Touyz - Hypertension, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Guzik and Touyz Oxidation and Inflammation in Vascular Aging 661 and endothelium. 22
Perivascular fibrosis is greatly dependent on immune cells because it is prevented in …

Hypertension: do inflammation and immunity hold the key to solving this epidemic?

MS Madhur, F Elijovich, MR Alexander, A Pitzer… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Elevated cardiovascular risk including stroke, heart failure, and heart attack is present even
after normalization of blood pressure in patients with hypertension. Underlying immune cell …

Imbalance of gut microbiome and intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction in patients with high blood pressure

S Kim, R Goel, A Kumar, Y Qi, G Lobaton… - Clinical …, 2018 - portlandpress.com
Recent evidence indicates a link between gut pathology and microbiome with hypertension
(HTN) in animal models. However, whether this association exists in humans is unknown …

Mitochondrial deacetylase Sirt3 reduces vascular dysfunction and hypertension while Sirt3 depletion in essential hypertension is linked to vascular inflammation and …

AE Dikalova, A Pandey, L Xiao, L Arslanbaeva… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Hypertension represents a major risk factor for stroke, myocardial infarction, and
heart failure and affects 30% of the adult population. Mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to …

Causal association between periodontitis and hypertension: evidence from Mendelian randomization and a randomized controlled trial of non-surgical periodontal …

M Czesnikiewicz-Guzik, G Osmenda… - European heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims Inflammation is an important driver of hypertension. Periodontitis is a chronic
inflammatory disease, which could provide a mechanism for pro-hypertensive immune …