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Does taurine prevent salt-induced hypertension in Dahl rats?
Does taurine prevent salt-induced hypertension in Dahl rats?
In a preclinical model, taurine prevented salt-induced hypertension and amplified renal kallikrein.
Hypothesis-generating for taurine in salt-sensitive hypertension; leaves open clinical translation of renal kallikrein effects.
These results suggest that taurine is an effective antihypertensive agent for salt-induced hypertension. Although taurine activated renal kallikrein, further studies are required to confirm the participation of activated kallikrein in the antihypertensive, cardioprotective and renoprotective effects of taurine.
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Ideishi et al. (1994) studied this question.