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 …

Inflammation in hypertension

L Xiao, DG Harrison - Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2020 - Elsevier
For more than 50 years, evidence has accumulated that inflammation contributes to the
pathogenesis of hypertension. Immune cells have been observed in vessels and kidneys of …

Immune and inflammatory mechanisms in hypertension

TJ Guzik, R Nosalski, P Maffia… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Hypertension is a global health problem, with> 1.3 billion individuals with high blood
pressure worldwide. In this Review, we present an inflammatory paradigm for hypertension …

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 …

Neuroinflammation as a mechanism linking hypertension with the increased risk of Alzheimer's disease

E Bajwa, A Klegeris - Neural Regeneration Research, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia among older adults, currently
cannot be prevented or effectively treated. Only a very small percentage of Alzheimer's …

Innate immunity and clinical hypertension

JP Van Beusecum, H Moreno… - Journal of human …, 2022 - nature.com
Emerging evidence has supported a role of inflammation and immunity in the genesis of
hypertension. In humans and experimental models of hypertension, cells of the innate and …

Bioinformatics and system biology approach to identify the influences of COVID-19 on cardiovascular and hypertensive comorbidities

A Nashiry, S Sarmin Sumi, S Islam… - Briefings in …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infected individuals that
have hypertension or cardiovascular comorbidities have an elevated risk of serious …

Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure in Blacks and Women: A Role of Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Epithelial Na+ Channel

M Sahinoz, F Elijovich, LA Ertuglu… - Antioxidants & Redox …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Salt sensitivity of blood pressure (SSBP) is an independent risk factor for
mortality and morbidity due to cardiovascular disease, and disproportionately affects blacks …

The immunology of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

CD Smart, MS Madhur - Clinical Science, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) now accounts for the majority of new
heart failure diagnoses and continues to increase in prevalence in the United States …

Epigenetic mechanisms involved in inflammaging-associated hypertension

VA Simão, L Ferder, W Manucha… - Current Hypertension …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review summarizes the involvement of inflammaging in
vascular damage with focus on the epigenetic mechanisms by which inflammaging-induced …