Clocking skin sodium.
Clocking skin sodium.
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记录皮肤钠。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpregu.00453.2017
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2018
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Gumz,MichelleL
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作者:
Gumz,MichelleL
Hypertension remains a significant global health burden and is widely considered the 18 single greatest risk factor for premature death and disease (reviewed in (7, 8). The new 19 guidelines recently issued by several major clinical societies redefined hypertension as 130/80 20 mm Hg, meaning that nearly half of all Americans are now considered hypertensive (7). New 21 approaches are needed to address this public health epidemic. 22Decades of evidence from multiple animal models has increased our understanding of 23 the number and complexity of the molecular pathways that contribute to overall blood pressure 24 regulation. Despite a plethora of new findings, hypertension continues to persist as a global 25 disease burden and major risk factor for death. This may reflect our lack of understanding of the 26 mechanisms underlying blood pressure regulation. Much attention from research in rodent 27 models has focused on single organ systems, the kidney, brain, and vasculature. Much less 28 attention has been given to other organ systems, such as the skin, that also likely contribute to 29 regulation. Another often neglected parameter in animal studies is the role of time. Rodent 30 models are powerful tools for studying cardiovascular function and disease yet their nocturnal 31 nature is often overlooked. In this issue of the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, 32 Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Speed et al. address both the role of time and an often 33 underappreciated organ system by exploring the role of skin Na storage over the course of the 34 circadian cycle in a rat model of salt-sensitive hypertension (new ref). 35