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ReviewClinical science (London, England : 1979)2021

Sex differences in hypertension: lessons from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR).

Ahmed A Elmarakby, Jennifer C Sullivan

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Review in Clinical science (London, England : 1979), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. The impact of sex on blood pressure.Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension · 2025
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  13. Identification of potential biomarkers for hypertension based on transcriptomic analysis in rats.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025
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  14. HMGB1 drives T-cell activation in hypertensive males and females.American journal of physiology. Renal physiology · 2025
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  15. Role of ENaC in gender-associated differences in blood pressure.Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2025
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  18. Revisiting sex as a biological variable in hypertension research.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2024
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  19. Vasorelaxant and Hypotensive Effects ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahmed A ElmarakbyDepartment of Oral Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0002-3065-4457
Jennifer C SullivanDepartment of Physiology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0003-0541-0247
Augusta University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although numerous clinical and experimental studies have clearly identified a sexual dimorphism in blood pressure control, the mechanism(s) underlying gender differences in blood pressure remain unclear. Over the past two decades, numerous laboratories have utilized the spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) as an experimental model of essential hypertension to increase our understanding of the mechanisms regulating blood pressure in males and females. Previous work by our group and others have implicated that differential regulation of adrenergic receptors, the renin-angiotensin system, oxidative stress, nitric oxide bioavailability and immune cells contribute to sex differences in blood pressure control in SHR. The purpose of this review is to summarize previous findings to date regarding the mechanisms of blood pressure control in male versus female SHR.

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Blood PressureAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEssential HypertensionFemaleGonadal Steroid HormonesHumansInflammation MediatorsMaleOxidative StressRatsRats, Inbred SHRRenin-Angiotensin SystemSex CharacteristicsSex FactorsSpecies SpecificityGonadal Steroid HormonesInflammation MediatorshypertensionsexSHR

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PMID34338771
PMCPMC8329852
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