Lale A Ertuglu, Ashley Pitzer Mutchler, S Jamison, Cheryl L Laffer, Fernando Elijovich, Mohammad Saleem, Daniel J Blackwell, Dmytro O Kryshtal, Christian L Egly, Melis Sahinoz, Quanhu Sheng, Celestine N Wanjalla, Suman Pakala, Justin Yu, Orlando M Gutierrez, Thomas R Kleyman, Björn C Knollmann, T Alp Ikizler, Annet Kirabo
BACKGROUND: The mechanisms by which salt increases blood pressure in people with salt sensitivity remain unclear. Our previous studies found that high sodium enters antigen-presenting cells (APCs) via the epithelial sodium channel and leads to the production of isolevuglandins and hypertension. In the current mechanistic clinical study, we hypothesized that epithelial sodium channel-dependent isolevuglandin-adduct formation in APCs is regulated by epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and leads to salt-sensitive hypertension in humans...
September 7, 2023: Hypertension