Folic acid prevents and partially reverses glucocorticoid-induced hypertension in the rat.

Miao, Yuchun; Zhang, Yi; Lim, Pek S; Kanjanapan, Yada; Mori, Trevor A; Croft, Kevin D; Earl, John; Lee, Sze Y; McKenzie, Katja U S; Hu, Lexian; Whitworth, Judith A

Miao, Yuchun; Zhang, Yi; Lim, Pek S; Kanjanapan, Yada; Mori, Trevor A; Croft, Kevin D; Earl, John; Lee, Sze Y; McKenzie, Katja U S; Hu, Lexian; Whitworth, Judith A.

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Miao Y; High Blood Pressure Research Unit, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Am J Hypertens ; 20(3): 304-10, 2007 Mar.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17324744

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Antihypertensive Agents/pharmacology; Blood Pressure/drug effects; Folic Acid/pharmacology; Hypertension/drug therapy; Hypertension/prevention & control; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Animals; Antihypertensive Agents/blood; Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use; Biopterins/analogs & derivatives; Biopterins/pharmacology; Body Weight/drug effects; Dexamethasone; Disease Models, Animal; F2-Isoprostanes/blood; Folic Acid/blood; Folic Acid/therapeutic use; Glucocorticoids; Homocysteine/blood; Hypertension/blood; Hypertension/chemically induced; Hypertension/physiopathology; Male; Nitric Oxide/blood; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Thymus Gland/drug effects; Time Factors

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Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Blood Pressure / Folic Acid / Hypertension / Antihypertensive Agents Type of study: Prognostic_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Year: 2007 Type: Article

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