Novel Immune Mechanisms in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk

Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Nosalski, Ryszard ^a,b   McGinnigle, Eilidh ^a   Siedlinski, Mateusz ^b   Guzik, Tomasz J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Hypertension; Immune system; Inflammation; microRNA; T cells; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 21; RANTES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 85014731212     PISSN: 19329520     EISSN: 19329563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12170-017-0537-6     Document Type: Review

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