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Pathophysiology of Hypertension in the Absence of Nitric Oxide/Cyclic GMP Signaling.
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PMID:  23233080     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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The nitric oxide (NO)-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) signaling system is a well-characterized modulator of cardiovascular function, in general, and blood pressure, in particular. The availability of mice mutant for key enzymes in the NO-cGMP signaling system facilitated the identification of interactions with other blood pressure modifying pathways (e.g. the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system) and of gender-specific effects of impaired NO-cGMP signaling. In addition, recent genome-wide association studies identified blood pressure-modifying genetic variants in genes that modulate NO and cGMP levels. Together, these findings have advanced our understanding of how NO-cGMP signaling regulates blood pressure. In this review, we will summarize the results obtained in mice with disrupted NO-cGMP signaling and highlight the relevance of this pathway as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of hypertension.
Authors:
Robrecht Thoonen; Patrick Y Sips; Kenneth D Bloch; Emmanuel S Buys
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-12-12
Journal Detail:
Title:  Current hypertension reports     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1534-3111     ISO Abbreviation:  Curr. Hypertens. Rep.     Publication Date:  2012 Dec 
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Created Date:  2012-12-12     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  100888982     Medline TA:  Curr Hypertens Rep     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Molecular Cardiology Research Center, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Box 80, Boston, MA 02111, USA, rthoonen@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
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