Cardiotonic Steroids—A Possible Link Between High-Salt Diet and Organ Damage

High dietary salt intake has been listed among the top ten risk factors for disability-adjusted life years. We discuss the role of endogenous cardiotonic steroids in mediating the dietary salt-induced hypertension and organ damage.

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Main Authors: Aneta Paczula, Andrzej Wiecek, Grzegorz Piecha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/3/590
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spelling doaj-26f015d19e6a48f3a73720734e8b04c32020-11-24T22:09:56ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences1422-00672019-01-0120359010.3390/ijms20030590ijms20030590Cardiotonic Steroids—A Possible Link Between High-Salt Diet and Organ DamageAneta Paczula0Andrzej Wiecek1Grzegorz Piecha2Department of Nephrology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, Francuska 20-24, 40-027 Katowice, PolandDepartment of Nephrology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, Francuska 20-24, 40-027 Katowice, PolandDepartment of Nephrology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, Francuska 20-24, 40-027 Katowice, PolandHigh dietary salt intake has been listed among the top ten risk factors for disability-adjusted life years. We discuss the role of endogenous cardiotonic steroids in mediating the dietary salt-induced hypertension and organ damage.https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/3/590marinobufageninouabainsalthypertensionfibrosis
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Cardiotonic Steroids—A Possible Link Between High-Salt Diet and Organ Damage
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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title Cardiotonic Steroids—A Possible Link Between High-Salt Diet and Organ Damage
title_short Cardiotonic Steroids—A Possible Link Between High-Salt Diet and Organ Damage
title_full Cardiotonic Steroids—A Possible Link Between High-Salt Diet and Organ Damage
title_fullStr Cardiotonic Steroids—A Possible Link Between High-Salt Diet and Organ Damage
title_full_unstemmed Cardiotonic Steroids—A Possible Link Between High-Salt Diet and Organ Damage
title_sort cardiotonic steroids—a possible link between high-salt diet and organ damage
publisher MDPI AG
series International Journal of Molecular Sciences
issn 1422-0067
publishDate 2019-01-01
description High dietary salt intake has been listed among the top ten risk factors for disability-adjusted life years. We discuss the role of endogenous cardiotonic steroids in mediating the dietary salt-induced hypertension and organ damage.
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ouabain
salt
hypertension
fibrosis
url https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/3/590
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