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ReviewAnnual review of physiology2018

Salt, Hypertension, and Immunity.

A Justin Rucker, Nathan P Rudemiller, Steven D Crowley

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Review in Annual review of physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
84citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A Justin RuckerDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA; email: Steven.d.crowley@duke.edu.
Nathan P RudemillerDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA; email: Steven.d.crowley@duke.edu.
Steven D CrowleyDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA; email: Steven.d.crowley@duke.edu.
Durham VA Medical Center · USDuke University · US

Funding

Renal Genomics CoreP30DK096493 · NIDDK · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI COFFMAN, THOMAS M · 2012 to 2016
$5.9M
Role of Th1 Immune Responses in the Pathogenesis of Hypertensive Kidney InjuryR01DK087893 · NIDDK · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CROWLEY, STEVEN D · 2010 to 2018
$2.4M
Role of Dendritic Cell-mediated T Cell Activation in Salt-sensitive HypertensionR01HL128355 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CROWLEY, STEVEN D · 2016 to 2019
$1.9M
The role of the M1 macrophage response in the progression of chronic kidney diseaseI01BX000893 · VA · DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Steven D Crowley · 2012 to 2026
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BLRD VA I01 BX000893NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128355NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK096493NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK087893
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The link between inappropriate salt retention in the kidney and hypertension is well recognized. However, growing evidence suggests that the immune system can play surprising roles in sodium homeostasis, such that the study of inflammatory cells and their secreted effectors has provided important insights into salt sensitivity. As part of the innate immune system, myeloid cells have diverse roles in blood pressure regulation, ranging from prohypertensive actions in the kidney, vasculature, and brain, to effects in the skin that attenuate blood pressure elevation. In parallel, T lymphocyte subsets, as key constituents of the adaptive immune compartment, have variable effects on renal sodium handling and the hypertensive response, accruing from the functions of the cytokines that they produce. Conversely, salt can directly modulate the phenotypes of myeloid and T cells, illustrating bidirectional regulatory mechanisms through which sodium and the immune system coordinately impact blood pressure. This review details the complex interplay between myeloid cells, T cells, and salt in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsBlood PressureCytokinesHumansHypertensionKidneyMonocytesSodium ChlorideT-LymphocytesCytokinesSodium Chloridecytokinesdendritic cellsmacrophagemonocytesodiumT cells

Identifiers

PMID29144825
PMCPMC5811318
OpenAlexW2600877900

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