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Abstract
Human data suggest that eplerenone and spironolactone lowers blood pressure by mechanisms independent of the distal tubule. Now, a novel inducible conditional knockout model of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) brings out understanding further.Entities:
Keywords: LoxP; aldosterone; cre recombinase; hypertension; mineralocorticoid receptor
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23439586 PMCID: PMC4007112 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs562
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nephrol Dial Transplant ISSN: 0931-0509 Impact factor: 5.992