Liddle syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by hyperactivity of the amiloride-sensitive sodium channel (ENaC) of the principal cell of the cortical collecting tubule. In 1963, Liddle ...

Hypertension is a cardiovascular disease that seriously threatens global public health. Early and effective control of blood pressure can prevent the occurrence of target organ damage and ...

Whether genes responsible for a rare disorder that dramatically elevates blood pressure holds clues for identifying many people at risk for hypertension is the focus of a new study. The rare disorder ...

We want to emphasize three points. First, for both ethnic groups, salt sensitivity is more prevalent among hypertensives than among normotensives. [38,40] Thus, some of the salt sensitivity may well ...