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Editorial
. 2009 Sep;54(3):451-3.
doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.135855. Epub 2009 Jul 27.

Are macrophages the foot soldiers in the war waged by aldosterone against the heart?

Anne M Dorrance
Editorial

Are macrophages the foot soldiers in the war waged by aldosterone against the heart?

Anne M Dorrance. Hypertension. 2009 Sep.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Macrophage specific deletion of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) does not impair adhesion or infiltration in response to deoxycorticosterone (DOC) but does prevent the formation of cardiac fibrosis.
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