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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: mort lab
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-23308 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The Journal of clinical investigation 20100809 9
Inappropriate excess of the steroid hormone aldosterone, which is a mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) agonist, is associated with increased inflammation and risk of cardiovascular disease. MR antagonists are cardioprotective and antiinflammatory in vivo, and evidence suggests that they mediate these effects in part by aldosterone-independent mechanisms. Here we have shown that MR on myeloid cells is necessary for efficient classical macrophage activation by proinflammatory cytokines. Macrophages f ...[more]