Mechanisms underlying prorenin actions on hypothalamic neurons implicated in cardiometabolic control

Background: Hypertension and obesity are highly interrelated diseases, being critical components of the metabolic syndrome. Despite the growing prevalence of this syndrome in the world population, efficient therapies are still missing. Thus, identification of novel targets and therapies are warrante...

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Main Authors: Soledad Pitra, Yumei Feng, Javier E. Stern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-10-01
Series:Molecular Metabolism
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221287781630103X