- Greater transforming growth factor-β in adult female SHR is dependent on blood pressure, but does not account for sex differences in renal T-regulatory cells.
Greater transforming growth factor-β in adult female SHR is dependent on blood pressure, but does not account for sex differences in renal T-regulatory cells.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology (2017-07-07)
Ashlee J Tipton, Jacqueline B Musall, G Ryan Crislip, Jennifer C Sullivan
PMID28679591
ABSTRACT
Female spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) have more renal regulatory T cells (Tregs) than males, and greater levels of Tregs in female SHR are dependent on blood pressure (BP). However, the molecular mechanism responsible for greater Tregs in female SHR is unknown. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β is a pleiotropic cytokine critical in the differentiation of naïve T cells into Tregs, and female SHR have higher TGF-β excretion than male SHR. The goals of the current study were to test the hypotheses that
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