Vitamin D receptor activation regulates microglia polarization and oxidative stress in spontaneously hypertensive rats and angiotensin II-exposed microglial cells: Role of renin-angiotensin system
Hypertension is one of the major predisposing factors for neurodegenerative disease characterized with activated renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in both periphery and brain. Vitamin D (VitD) is recently recognized as a pleiotropic hormone with strong neuroprotective properties. While multiple lines o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-09-01
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Series: | Redox Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231719306949 |