Knockout of the Circadian Clock Protein PER1 (Period1) Exacerbates Hypertension and Increases Kidney Injury in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats.
Adrian ZietaraDenisha R SpiresAlexandria JuffreHannah M CostelloG Ryan CrislipLauren G DoumaVladislav LevchenkoLashodya V DissanayakeChristine A KlemensOksana NikolaienkoAron M GeurtsMichelle L GumzAlexander StaruschenkoPublished in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) (2022)
Altogether, our findings demonstrate that loss of PER1 in Dahl SS rats causes an array of deleterious effects, including exacerbation of the development of salt-sensitive hypertension and renal damage.