Free radicals from immune cells cause salt-sensitive hypertension

Salt sensitive hypertension has a complicated physiology—perhaps arising in the kidney, the brain, the immune system or possibly even the microbiome.  This piece from the Medical College of Georgia supports the claim that immune cells, congregating in the kidney, produce reactive oxygen species, and damage the organ’s microvessels, which result in elevated blood pressure.   MORE

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