Transforming growth factor β in hypertensives with cardiorenal damage
Transforming growth factor β in hypertensives with cardiorenal damage
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DOI:
10.1161/01.hyp.36.4.517
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发表时间:
2000-10-01
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
Díez, J
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作者:
Laviades, C;Varo, N;Díez, J
We investigated whether a relationship exists between circulating transforming growth factor beta -1 (TGF-beta (1)), collagen type I metabolism, microalbuminuria, and left ventricular hypertrophy in essential hypertension and whether the ability of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist losartan to correct microalbuminuria and regress left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensives is related to changes in TGF-beta (1) and collagen type I metabolism. The study was performed in 30 normotensive healthy controls and 30 patients with never-treated essential hypertension classified into 2 groups: those with microalbuminuria (urinary albumin excretion > 30 and < 300 mg/24 h) associated with left ventricular hypertrophy (left ventricular mass index > 116 g/m(2) for men and > 104 g/m(2) for women) (group B; n=17) and those without microalbuminuria or left ventricular hypertrophy (group A; n=13). The measurements were repeated in all patients after 6 months of treatment with losartan (50 mg once daily). The serum concentration of TGF-beta (1) was measured by a 2-site ELISA method, and the serum concentrations of carboxy-terminal propeptide of procollagen type I (a marker of collagen type I synthesis) and carboxy-terminal telopeptide of collagen type I (a marker of collagen type I degradation) were measured by specific radioimmunoassays. The duration of hypertension and baseline values of blood pressure were similar in the 2 groups of patients. No differences in serum TGF-beta (1), carboxy-terminal propeptide of procollagen type I, and carboxy-terminal telopeptide of collagen type I were found between normotensives and group A of hypertensives. Serum TGF-beta (1), carboxy-terninal propeptide of procollagen type I, and the ratio of carboxy-terminal propeptide of procollagen type I to carboxy-terminal telopeptide of collagen type I were increased (P