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Immune regulation and vascular inflammation in genetic hypertension.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 1 Mar 2010
Viel Emilie C, Lemarié Catherine A, Benkirane Karim, Paradis Pierre, Schiffrin Ernesto L
Abstract excerpt
Immune cells have been implicated in the pathogenesis of hypertension. We hypothesized that under the influence of chromosome (chr)2, T lymphocytes contribute to vascular inflammation in genetic salt-sensitive hypertension. Normotensive (Brown Norway), hypertensive (Dahl salt-sensitive), and cons...
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