cardiovascular system
hypertension
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J:110364
)
• males and females are equally hypertensive
• treatment with amiloride reversibly reduces blood pressure to normal levels even when mice are given 2% salt water
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• salt-sensitive, mice on a low salt (0.05% w/w) become normotensive
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renal/urinary system
• increased epithelial sodium channel basal activity
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• increased sodium reabsorption
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• increases with increased salt in the diet but is always less than in wild-type mice
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homeostasis/metabolism
• increased sodium reabsorption
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growth/size/body
• increase in free fluid volume compared to wild-type mice when on a normal salt diet
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