Hypertension Animal Studies
New hypertension animal studies study findings reported from National Cardiovascular Center, Department of Epidemiology
Published in Blood Weekly, April 10th, 2008
Data detailed in 'Assessment of mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in salt-sensitive hypertension in Dahl salt-sensitive rats' have been presented. According to recent research published in the journal Hypertension Research, "The Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) rat is the most prevalently used animal model of salt-sensitive hypertension. The purpose of the present study was to test the hypothesis that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymorphisms influence blood pressure in DS rats."
"We produced two strains of female F1 rats, one from female DS and male Lewis rats (DL) and the other from Lewis female and DS male rats (LD). These two strains had the same autosomal genetic...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-04-10)
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