Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Researchers discover how salt increases blood pressure
August 18, 2022
August 18, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
Dietary salt increases blood pressure in some people, putting them at higher risk for cardiovascular disease and death.
A Vanderbilt-led research team has now discovered that activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome -- a protein complex involved in the inflammatory response -- in immune cells contributes to salt-sensitive hypertension. The findings, reported in Circulat . . .
Dietary salt increases blood pressure in some people, putting them at higher risk for cardiovascular disease and death.
A Vanderbilt-led research team has now discovered that activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome -- a protein complex involved in the inflammatory response -- in immune cells contributes to salt-sensitive hypertension. The findings, reported in Circulat . . .