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Translational medicine: the antihypertensive effect of renal denervation

DiBona, Gerald F., Esler, Murray·2010·American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Abstract

Translational medicine is concerned with the translation of research discoveries into clinical applications for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases. Here we briefly review the research concerning the role of the renal sympathetic nerves (efferent and afferent) in the control of renal function, with particular reference to hypertension. The accumulated evidence is compelling for a primary role of the renal innervation in the pathogenesis of hypertension. These research discoveries led to the development of a catheter-based procedure for renal denervation in human subjects. A proof-of-principle study in patients with hypertension resistant to conventional therapy has demonstrated that the procedure is safe and produces renal denervation with sustained lowering of arterial pressure.

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  • Renal sympathetic nerves are distributed to all levels of the nephron.

    “Renal sympathetic nerves are distributed to all levels of the nephron.101,102”
  • Renal sympathetic activation is central to the pathogenesis of essential hypertension.

    “Renal sympathetic activation is thought to be central to the pathogenesis of essential hypertension94–96.”
  • Renal sympathetic denervation shifts the renal pressure-natriuresis curve to the left, promoting urinary sodium excretion and lowering blood pressure.

    “Renal sympathetic denervation shifts the renal pressure-natriuresis curve to the left, promoting urinary sodium excretion and lowering of blood pressure94–98.”
  • Renal parenchymal nociceptive sensory nerves respond to a renal injury signal by projecting to the hypothalamus to increase central sympathetic outflow.

    “The first, of the renal parenchyma and bearing nociceptive receptors, respond to a renal injury signal by projecting to the hypothalamus to increase central sympathetic outflow95–99.”
  • Three facts provided the knowledge base for the development of catheter-based renal denervation for treatment of essential hypertension: the presence of an activated renal sympathetic outflow in hypertensive patients, the blood-pressure lowering effect of surgical renal denervation in experimental models of hypertension, and the anatomy of the postganglionic renal sympathetic nerves in theirpassag

    “Three facts provided the knowledge base for the development of catheter-based renal denervation for treatment of essential hypertension: 1) the presence of an activated renal sympathetic outflow in hypertensive patients, 2) the blood-pressure lowering effect of surgical renal denervation in experimental models of hypertension, and 3) the anatomy of the postganglionic renal sympathetic nerves in”

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Authors
DiBona, G. F., & Esler, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Iowa (US)
  • Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (AU)
Corresponding author
DiBona, Gerald F.
Venue
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
Published
2010-02
Volume
298
Issue
2
Pages
R245-R253
ISSN
  • 0363-6119 (ISSN-L)
  • 1522-1490
OpenAlex
W2129162046
Cited by
432
References
61
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Renin-Angiotensin System Studies
Keywords
renal denervation, hypertension, renal sympathetic nerves, renal innervation, renal function, resistant hypertension, catheter-based procedures, antihypertensive effect, translational medicine
MeSH terms
Animals, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Humans, Hypertension, Kidney, Renal Circulation, Renin, Sympathectomy, Sympathetic Nervous System, Translational Research, Biomedical

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