Improvement of insulin sensitivity by a long-acting nifedipine preparation (nifedipine-CR) in patients with essential hypertension.

abstract：:We have examined the regulation of cytochrome P-450 side chain cleavage enzyme (P-450SCC) and P-45011 beta (18) hydroxylase (P-450(11) beta) enzyme expression by angiotensin II (AII), the major regulator of aldosterone biosynthesis, in cultured human adrenal glomerulosa cells. We also examined the effect of lipoxygena...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Natarajan R,Yang H,Hall PF,Nadler J

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) is a member of the nuclear receptor family that has been implicated in cell differentiation and proliferation, glucose metabolism, macrophage development, and inflammatory responses. PPAR-gamma can be activated by a range of synthetic substances a...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Limor R,Sharon O,Knoll E,Many A,Weisinger G,Stern N

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether baroreflex is changed centrally before the development of hypertension in DOCA-salt treated rats, aortic depressor nerve was stimulated electrically 5 days after DOCA-salt treatment in urethane-anesthetized rats: compared with those of sham-operated control rats, blood pressure was not elevated in...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Takeda K,Nakamura Y,Oguro M,Kawasaki S,Hayashi J,Tanabe S,Nakata T,Lee LC,Sasaki S,Nakagawa M

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The principal aim of the present study was to determine the relationship of ambulatory blood pressure (BP) to urinary electrolyte excretion in normotensives. Twenty-five young adults underwent ambulatory BP and heart rate monitoring while collecting urine over 24 h. The correlations of 24 h urine sodium excretion and ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Ruddy MC,Arora A,Malka ES,Bialy GB

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population-level sociologic studies have suggested that adverse societal conditions may affect fetal viability in a sex-specific manner and thereby modify the ratio of male vs. female babies. This concept suggests that there may exist certain physiologic features in a woman that relate to her likelihood of d...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Retnakaran R,Wen SW,Tan H,Zhou S,Ye C,Shen M,Smith GN,Walker MC

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liddle syndrome (LS), an autosomal dominant disorder, is a common monogenic hypertension in pediatrics. In this study, we reported a novel SCNN1G variant in a Chinese family with pediatric LS, and conduct a systematic review of epithelial sodium channel (ENaC)-gene-positive LS cases to conclude the clinical ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Fan P,Pan XC,Zhang D,Yang KQ,Zhang Y,Tian T,Luo F,Ma WJ,Liu YX,Wang LP,Zhang HM,Song L,Cai J,Zhou XL

更新日期：2020-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypotensive effect of isradipine was assessed in 26 male patients, aged 40 to 64 years, with hypertension. After withdrawal of previous antihypertensive treatment and a four-week placebo period, patients were randomized into a double-blind active-treatment period of eight weeks to receive either placebo or 1.25 to...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Viskoper JR,Laszt A,Faraggi D

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to evaluate pretreatment predictors of longevity, particularly blood pressure, in a large cohort of hypertensive men. During 1974 to 1976, 10,367 male hypertensive veterans (47% black) were identified at screening and subsequently characterized in 32 special Veterans Administration (VA) hypertension ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Perry HM Jr,Miller JP,Baty JD,Carmody SE,Sambhi MP

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to assess the predictive value of circulating levels of des-acyl ghrelin, an abundant form of ghrelin in humans, for the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in older hypertensive patients. We simultaneously evaluated other biomarkers, such as high-molecular-weight (HMW) adiponectin, high-sensitivit...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Yano Y,Nakazato M,Toshinai K,Inokuchi T,Matsuda S,Hidaka T,Hayakawa M,Kangawa K,Shimada K,Kario K

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The dopaminergic and endothelin systems, by regulating sodium transport in the renal proximal tubule (RPT), participate in the control of blood pressure. The D(3) and ETB receptors are expressed in RPTs, and D(3) receptor function in RPTs is impaired in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Therefore, we t...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Yu C,Yang Z,Ren H,Zhang Y,Han Y,He D,Lu Q,Wang X,Wang X,Yang C,Asico LD,Hopfer U,Eisner GM,Jose PA,Zeng C

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent works have shown the importance of blood pressure (BP) response to exercise or to daily activity as determinants of hypertensive cardiac hypertrophy. We have tested the relationship between BP and left ventricular (LV) mass in 23 normotensive young adults (mean age 25 +/- 5) with normotensive parents. Blood pre...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Gosse P,Desrumeau GC,Roudaut R,Broustet JP,Dallocchio M

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coffee is a rich source of antioxidative polyphenols, but epidemiological studies and interventional trials have failed to demonstrate any clear beneficial effects of coffee consumption on hypertension. The interaction between hydroxyhydroquinone (HHQ) and 5-caffeoylquinic acid (CQA) was examined, in an atte...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Suzuki A,Fujii A,Jokura H,Tokimitsu I,Hase T,Saito I

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The adipose tissue renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of obesity and dysfunction of adipose tissue. However, neither regulation of angiotensinogen (AGT) expression in adipose tissue nor secretion of adipose tissue-derived AGT has been fully elucidated in humans. METHOD...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Yasue S,Masuzaki H,Okada S,Ishii T,Kozuka C,Tanaka T,Fujikura J,Ebihara K,Hosoda K,Katsurada A,Ohashi N,Urushihara M,Kobori H,Morimoto N,Kawazoe T,Naitoh M,Okada M,Sakaue H,Suzuki S,Nakao K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin inhibits contraction and migration of primary confluent, cultured canine vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) with inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) by stimulating cyclic GMP (cGMP) production. The present study was performed to determine how insulin stimulates guanylate cyclase activity in thes...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Kahn AM,Allen JC,Zhang S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ryanodine receptor (RyR) dysfunction in skeletal muscle (RyR1) leads to malignant hyperthermia, and in cardiac muscle (RyR2) triggers cardiac arrhythmias. We hypothesized that RyR dysfunction in vascular smooth muscle could increase vascular resistance and hypertension, and may contribute to increased atrial...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Lee JS,Greco L,Migirov A,Li Y,Gerdes AM,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:All renin arises from prorenin. The proportion of renin relative to prorenin could influence overall renin-angiotensin-aldosterone activity. We sought to determine whether prorenin levels were related to extracellular volume, as reflected by the levels of plasma renin activity (PRA), and to aldosterone. MET...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Tu W,Eckert GJ,Pratt JH,Jan Danser AH

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our aim was to assess whether home blood pressure (HBP) and ambulatory BP monitoring measurement (ABPM), in addition to office BP (OBP) predict changes of cardiovascular biomarkers during antihypertensive treatment. METHODS:Two hundred and fifty-two hypertensive patients (mean age, 68 years; men: 41%) under...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Yano Y,Hoshide S,Shimizu M,Eguchi K,Ishikawa J,Ishikawa S,Shimada K,Kario K

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subjects with renovascular hypertension (RVH) often manifest with metabolic syndrome (MetS) as well. Coexisting MetS and hypertension increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, but the mechanisms underlying cardiac injury remain unknown. We hypothesized that superimposition of MetS induces myocardial ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Aghajani Nargesi A,Farah MC,Zhu XY,Zhang L,Tang H,Jordan KL,Saadiq IM,Lerman A,Lerman LO,Eirin A

更新日期：2020-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin receptors became relatively easy to study when radioactive derivatives of the peptide were synthesized for radioimmunoassays. Binding assays in vitro led to the discovery of receptors in many tissues different from those involved in the classic actions of angiotensin. The physiologic significance of recept...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Goodfriend TL

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of dietary salt and calcium on changes in cellular cation metabolism has been evaluated in 11 salt-sensitive hypertensive black adults maintained on the following four metabolic diets for 56 days, 14 days on each diet in a repeated measures format: 356 mg Ca-1000 mg sodium (NA); 356 mg Ca-4000 mg Na; 934 Ca-1...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Zemel MB,Kraniak J,Standley PR,Sowers JR

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of fish oil on potassium efflux and basal tension in aortas from stroke prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) was evaluated. Four-week-old male Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) and SHRSP were divided into two groups: one received a 5% corn oil diet; the other a 5% menhaden oil diet. After 15 weeks, mean syst...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Smith JM,Paulson DJ,Labak S

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this double-blind, forced titration study was to compare the antihypertensive effect duration of candesartan cilexetil, which has a longlasting binding to the human AT1-receptor, to that of losartan on ambulatory BP (ABP) not only during the 24-h dosing interval but also during the day of a missed dose ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Lacourcière Y,Asmar R

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since we and others have found a decrease in intestinal Ca2+ absorption and renal Ca2+ reabsorption in the mature spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) at the tissue and cell level, we asked whether the transport defect was located at the luminal or the basolateral side of the epithelial cell. We studied intestinal and...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Hennessen U,Chabanis S,Silva SL,Nabarra B,Drüeke T,Lacour B

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene is considered to be associated with increased risk for stroke, but there is a diversity in the results obtained. The genetic involvement of the renin-angiotensin system in stroke also remains unclear. To predict the genetic risk of lacunar infarction, we condu...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Takami S,Imai Y,Katsuya T,Ohkubo T,Tsuji I,Nagai K,Satoh H,Hisamichi S,Higaki J,Ogihara T

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reduced synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) is considered a major proatherogenic mechanism in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but genetic factors impinging on this mechanism have been little studied in this population. METHODS:We tested the relationship between carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Spoto B,Benedetto FA,Testa A,Tripepi G,Mallamaci F,Maas R,Boeger RH,Zoccali C

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Normal pregnancy is characterized by a decrease in peripheral resistance and generalized vasodilation resulting in plasma volume expansion, which is associated with intrauterine growth. Stiffness of the arterial system may be a measure of the degree of plasma volume expansion. Pulse wave velocity (PWV), meas...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Elvan-Taspinar A,Franx A,Bots ML,Koomans HA,Bruinse HW

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Matrix Gla protein (MGP) is a vascular calcification inhibitor dependent upon vitamin K for activation. Evidence suggests that elevated plasma inactive MGP levels (desphospho-uncarboxylated MGP, dp-ucMGP; indicating poorer vascular vitamin K status) are associated with greater cardiovascular disease (CVD) ri...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Fain ME,Kapuku GK,Paulson WD,Williams CF,Raed A,Dong Y,Knapen MHJ,Vermeer C,Pollock NK

更新日期：2018-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High waist circumference (WC) (women: >88 cm; men: >102 cm) increases cardiovascular risk. Less is known about moderate WC (women: 80-88 cm; men: 94-102 cm). Therefore, we examined the association between moderate WC and hypertension prevalence, independent of body mass index (BMI). METHODS:Among 24,247 eli...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Levine DA,Calhoun DA,Prineas RJ,Cushman M,Howard VJ,Howard G

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin resistance (IR) and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) may contribute to cardiovascular risk in chronic kidney disease (CKD). We examine the association between IR and vascular function in CKD. Furthermore, we define the prevalence of MetS and examine the association between defining MetS and vascular fun...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Chan DT,Watts GF,Irish AB,Ooi EM,Dogra GK

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The renal resistive index (RI) measured using Doppler ultrasonography has been used as a diagnostic tool in the daily work-up of kidney diseases. A better understanding of its relationship with preclinical organ damage may help in determining overall cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients. METHODS:We ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Doi Y,Iwashima Y,Yoshihara F,Kamide K,Takata H,Fujii T,Kubota Y,Nakamura S,Horio T,Kawano Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00