Vascular smooth muscle ion channels in essential hypertension
Hypertension is a highly prevalent chronic disease and the major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, the leading cause of death worldwide. Hypertension is characterized by an increased vascular tone determined by the contractile state of vascular smooth muscle cells that depends on intracellula...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Physiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.1016175/full |