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Free radicals from immune cells are direct cause of salt-sensitive hypertension
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Free radicals from immune cells are direct cause of salt-sensitive hypertension

by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University In salt-sensitive hypertension, immune cells gather in the kidneys and shoot out free radicals, heightening blood pressure and damaging this pair of vital organs, scientists report. These highly reactive chemicals, also called reactive oxygen species, or ROS, are a byproduct of our body’s use of oxygen that...