Are macrophages the foot soldiers in the war waged by aldosterone against the heart?

Hypertension. 2009 Sep;54(3):451-3. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.135855. Epub 2009 Jul 27.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aldosterone / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Blood Pressure / drug effects
  • Blood Pressure / physiology
  • Desoxycorticosterone / administration & dosage
  • Desoxycorticosterone / adverse effects
  • Fibrosis / etiology
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / metabolism*
  • Macrophages / pathology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Models, Biological
  • Monocytes / drug effects
  • Monocytes / metabolism
  • Monocytes / pathology
  • Myocardium / metabolism
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Receptors, Mineralocorticoid / genetics
  • Receptors, Mineralocorticoid / physiology*
  • Sodium Chloride, Dietary / administration & dosage
  • Sodium Chloride, Dietary / adverse effects

Substances

  • Receptors, Mineralocorticoid
  • Sodium Chloride, Dietary
  • Desoxycorticosterone
  • Aldosterone