Article
Hypertension and kidneys: unraveling complex molecular mechanisms underlying hypertensive renal damage.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Feb 2014
Mennuni S, Rubattu S, Pierelli G, Tocci G, Fofi C, Volpe M
Abstract excerpt
Kidney damage represents a frequent event in the course of hypertension, ranging from a benign to a malignant form of nephropathy depending on several factors, that is, individual susceptibility, degree of hypertension, type of etiology and underlying kidney disease. Multiple mechanisms are involved in determination of kidney glomerular, tubular and interstitial injuries in hypertension. The present review...
Topics
- Animals
- Antihypertensive Agents
- Blood Pressure
- Endothelium, Vascular
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Inflammation Mediators
- Kidney
- Kidney Diseases
- Oxidative Stress
- Prognosis
- Renin-Angiotensin System
- Risk Factors
- Signal Transduction
