2013
Does Kidney Disease Cause Hypertension?
Peixoto AJ, Orias M, Desir GV. Does Kidney Disease Cause Hypertension? Current Hypertension Reports 2013, 15: 89-94. PMID: 23344662, DOI: 10.1007/s11906-013-0327-6.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsChronic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseRenal functionStructural kidney diseaseGlomerular filtration ratePlasmin-mediated activationExtracellular fluid volumeProteinuric glomerular diseasesPolycystic kidney diseaseChronic hypertensionHypertension increasesEpithelial sodium channelSodium retentionFiltration rateGlomerular diseaseHypertensionCurrent evidenceDiseaseSodium channelsFluid volumeDetectable changeSevere reductionMost casesProteinuriaPatients
2011
Novel insights into the physiology of renalase and its role in hypertension and heart disease
Desir G. Novel insights into the physiology of renalase and its role in hypertension and heart disease. Pediatric Nephrology 2011, 27: 719-725. PMID: 21424526, DOI: 10.1007/s00467-011-1828-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseResistant hypertensionSympathetic toneBlood pressureRecombinant renalaseSpontaneously Hypertensive Stroke-PronePlasma renalase levelsRenalase knockout mouseSystolic blood pressureModel of hypertensionPotent antihypertensive agentSevere cardiac hypertrophyRenalase deficiencyRenalase levelsRenal functionUrine catecholaminesEssential hypertensionSalt intakeStroke proneAntihypertensive agentsCatecholamine levelsRenal sodiumSingle dosePlasma levels