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Autophagy and Hypertension

Jie Du1, Congcong Zhang2, Wei Zhao2

  • 1Beijing Anzhen Hospital Affiliated with Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. jiedubj@126.com.

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
|July 17, 2020
PubMed

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Autophagy, a cellular process, is crucial in understanding hypertension and its impact on heart damage. This chapter explores autophagy's role in cardiovascular disease development.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Biology
  • Cellular Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Background:

  • Hypertension is a prevalent cardiovascular disease.
  • Sympathetic hyperactivity and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) activation contribute to cardiovascular structural and functional changes.
  • Autophagy is a fundamental cellular mechanism for degrading and recycling damaged components.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate the role of autophagy in the pathogenesis of hypertension.
  • To investigate the involvement of autophagy in hypertension-induced heart damage.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review focusing on cellular and molecular mechanisms.
  • Analysis of studies investigating autophagy markers in hypertension models.
  • Examination of research on therapeutic interventions targeting autophagy in cardiovascular disease.

Main Results:

  • Autophagy dysregulation is implicated in the structural and functional alterations of the cardiovascular system during hypertension.
  • Impaired autophagy contributes to cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and dysfunction in hypertensive conditions.
  • Modulating autophagy presents a potential therapeutic strategy for managing hypertension-related heart disease.

Conclusions:

  • Autophagy plays a significant role in the development and progression of hypertension and associated cardiac damage.
  • Targeting autophagy pathways may offer novel therapeutic avenues for cardiovascular protection in hypertensive patients.

Keywords:
Angiotensin IIAutophagyHypertensionInflammation

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