Population
Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), C3 knockout (KO) SHR, and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats
Comparison
C3 gene knockout via zinc-finger nuclease… vs Wild-type spontaneously hypertensive rats and…
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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C3 deletion abolishes salt-sensitive hypertension in rats; hypothesis-generating for complement-targeted approaches but should not yet alter clinical practice.
Complement 3 plays a crucial role in salt-sensitive hypertension by activating the renal renin-angiotensin system and increasing catecholamine excretion in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Negishi et al. (2018) studied this question.
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