cardiovascular system
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• a low-salt diet (0.1%) reduces blood pressure in mutants to a similar amount as in wild-type mice
• a high-salt (8%) diet increases blood pressure in mutants to a similar amount as in wild-type mice
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• diastolic blood pressure is decreased in 3-4 month old unanesthetized and unrestrained mutants
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• systolic blood pressure is decreased in 3-4 month old unanesthetized and unrestrained mutants
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homeostasis/metabolism
• serum magnesium levels are slightly reduced
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• on a low potassium diet, mutants develop reduced potassium levels compared to wild-type mice
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• a 25% reduction in urinary calcium
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• serum chloride levels are modestly reduced
• however, serum potassium and bicarbonate levels are normal
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renal/urinary system
• a 25% reduction in urinary calcium
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• decrease in apical surface area of distal convoluted tube epithelium
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