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Urinary Podocyte Excretion Predicts Urinary Protein Selectivity and Renal Prognosis

International Journal of Nephrology, 2022
Background. Urinary podocyte excretion is related to a reduction in glomerular podocyte numbers, glomerulosclerosis, and urinary protein selectivity.
Makoto Abe, Akiko Kaiga, Takehiro Ohira, Toshihiko Ishimitsu, Akihiro Tojo   +4 more
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Hypertension among Oral Contraceptive Users in El Paso, Texas [PDF]

, 2013
On the U.S.-Mexico border, residents frequently cross into Mexico to obtain medications or medical care. We previously reported relatively high prevalence of hypertension among Latina oral contraceptive users in El Paso, particularly those obtaining ...
Amastae, Jon, Grossman, Daniel, Hopkins, Kristine, Potter, Joseph E., White, Kari   +4 more
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Novel immune mechanisms in hypertension and cardiovascular risk [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose of Review: Hypertension is a common disorder with substantial impact on public health due to highly elevated cardiovascular risk. The mechanisms still remain unclear and treatments are not sufficient to reduce risk in majority of patients ...
Guzik, Tomasz J., McGinnigle, Eilidh, Nosalski, Ryszard, Siedlinski, Mateusz   +3 more
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Effect of spironolactone on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with hypertension and glucose metabolism disorders (ESCAM): a study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open, 2020
Introduction Hypertension combined with diabetes and hypokalemia is more likely to develop hyperaldosteronism and is at higher risk of cardiovascular events.
Nanfang Li, Lin Wang, Qin Luo, Jing Hong, Mengyue Lin, Mulalibieke Heizhati, Jina Yili, Xiaoguang Yao, Qing Zhu   +8 more
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Sedentary lifestyle and its associated factors among adolescents from public and private schools of a Brazilian state capital

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Adolescence is a transition stage between childhood and adulthood and is an important phase for the acquisition of future lifestyles, including the practice of physical activity (PA).
Flávia Miquetichuc Nogueira Nascente, Thiago Veiga Jardim, Maria do Rosário Gondim Peixoto, Carolina de Souza Carneiro, Karla Lorena Mendonça, Thaís Inácio Rolim Póvoa, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso, Paulo César Brandão Veiga Jardim   +8 more
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Hypoxic preconditioning induces epigenetic changes and modifies swine mesenchymal stem cell angiogenesis and senescence in experimental atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis

Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2021
Background Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) is a risk factor for ischemic and hypertensive kidney disease (HKD) for which autologous mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) appears to be a promising therapy.
Busra Isik, Roman Thaler, Busra B. Goksu, Sabena M. Conley, Hayder Al-Khafaji, Arjunmohan Mohan, Mohsen Afarideh, Abdelrhman M. Abumoawad, Xiang Y. Zhu, James D. Krier, Ishran M. Saadiq, Hui Tang, Alfonso Eirin, LaTonya J. Hickson, Andre J. van Wijnen, Stephen C. Textor, Lilach O. Lerman, Sandra M. Herrmann   +17 more
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Potassium and Hypertension [PDF]

Nutrition Reviews, 2009
A recent meta-analysis supports the premise that increased potassium intake may play a role in the prevention and treatment of hypertension. The possible mechanisms by which potassium may act as an antihypertensive and recommendations regarding increasing potassium intake are also discussed.
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Office blood pressure measurements with oscillometric devices in adolescents: a comparison with home blood pressure

Blood Pressure, 2017
Purpose: Compare multiple in office BP measurements in adolescents using an oscillometric device with out-of-office blood pressure measurements (home blood pressure monitoring – HBPM).
Thiago Veiga Jardim, Thomas A. Gaziano, Flávia Miquetichuc Nascente, Carolina de Souza Carneiro, Polyana Morais, Vanessa Roriz, Karla Lorena Mendonça, Thaís Inácio Rolim Póvoa, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Paulo César Veiga Jardim   +10 more
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Higher plasma renin activity is associated with increased kidney damage risk in patients with hypertension and glucose metabolic disorders

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2022
The impact of renin on kidney remain unclear among hypertensives with glucose metabolic disorders (GMD). We aimed to evaluate the association between plasma renin activity (PRA) and kidney damage in hypertensive patients with GMD.
Mengyue Lin, Mulalibieke Heizhati, Lin Gan, Jing Hong, Ting Wu, Zuhere Xiamili, Ling Tong, Yue Lin, Nanfang Li   +8 more
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Clinical and molecular genetic features of pulmonary hypertension in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia [PDF]

, 2001
BACKGROUND: Most patients with familial primary pulmonary hypertension have defects in the gene for bone morphogenetic protein receptor II (BMPR2), a member of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) superfamily of receptors. Because patients with
Alessandra Manes, Carl Atkinson, Cool CD, Cottingham RW, D'Alonzo GE, Gerald Simonneau, Ingrid Winship, James E. Loyd, Jennifer R. Thomson, Jonathan Berg, Julie McGaughran, Lisa Wheeler, Loyd JE, Makowski GS, Marc Humbert, Michael Pauciulo, Morse JH, Nazzareno Galie, Neil V. Morgan, Nicholas W. Morrell, Pietra GG, Rajiv D. Machado, Rich S, Richard C. Trembath, Whyte MK, William C. Nichols   +25 more
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