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The latest research papers, published online ahead of print. These online versions are definitive and may be cited using the digital object identifier (DOI).
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Original Articles
Efficacy and safety of aliskiren in Japanese hypertensive patients with renal dysfunction
Sadayoshi Ito, Noriko Nakura, Stephanie Le Breton and Deborah Keefe
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 20, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.175
Renal ACE2 expression and activity is unaltered during established hypertension in adult SHRSP and TGR(mREN2)27
Jelena Kamilic, Inge Hamming, Reinhold Kreutz, Juliane Bolbrinker, Wolf-Eberhard Siems, Ibrahim Nassar, Judith C Sluimer, Thomas Walther, Gerjan J Navis and Harry van Goor
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 20, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.191
Telmisartan improves endothelial dysfunction and renal autoregulation in Dahl salt-sensitive rats
Minoru Satoh, Yoshisuke Haruna, Sohachi Fujimoto, Tamaki Sasaki and Naoki Kashihara
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 20, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.190
Comparison of the long-term effects of candesartan and olmesartan on plasma angiotensin II and left ventricular mass index in patients with hypertension
Takayoshi Tsutamoto, Keizo Nishiyama, Masayuki Yamaji, Chiho Kawahara, Masanori Fujii, Takashi Yamamoto and Minoru Horie
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 20, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.192
Accumulation of common polymorphisms is associated with development of hypertension: a 12-year follow-up from the Ohasama study
Yumiko Watanabe, Hirohito Metoki, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Tomohiro Katsuya, Yasuharu Tabara, Masahiro Kikuya, Takuo Hirose, Ken Sugimoto, Kei Asayama, Ryusuke Inoue, Azusa Hara, Taku Obara, Jun Nakura, Katsuhiko Kohara, Kazuhito Totsune, Toshio Ogihara, Hiromi Rakugi, Tetsuro Miki and Yutaka Imai
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 20, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.193
November 13 2009
Commentary
Vascular mechanisms of cognitive impairment: roles of hypertension and subsequent small vessel disease under sympathetic influences
Ichiro Akiguchi and Yasumasa Yamamoto
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 13, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.189
Reviews
Reinventing the ACE inhibitors: some old and new implications of ACE inhibition
Kashif Hanif, Hemant K Bid and Rituraj Konwar
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 13, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.184
The role of AMP-activated protein kinase in the cardiovascular system
Daisuke Nagata and Yasunobu Hirata
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 13, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.187
Original Articles
Prenatal exposure to lipopolysaccharide alters the intrarenal renin–angiotensin system and renal damage in offspring rats
Xue-Qin Hao, Hai-Gang Zhang, Zhi-Bing Yuan, Dan-Li Yang, Li-Yun Hao and Xiao-Hui Li
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 13, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.185
Anthropometric measures of increased central and overall adiposity in association with echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy
Sérgio Lamego Rodrigues, Marcelo Perim Baldo, Roberto Sá Cunha, Lílian CS Angelo, Alexandre C Pereira, José Eduardo Krieger and José Geraldo Mill
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 13, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.188
November 6 2009
Commentaries
Oxidative stress in the brain and arterial hypertension
Ruy R Campos
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 6, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.180
The impact of pulse wave velocity in a Japanese population with metabolic syndrome
Akihiro Hirashiki and Toyoaki Murohara
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 6, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.182
Review
The increase in renin during renin inhibition: does it result in harmful effects by the (pro)renin receptor?
AH Jan Danser
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 6, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.186
Original Article
Phenylephrine induces elevated RhoA activation and smooth muscle 
-actin expression in Pkd2
+/- vascular smooth muscle cells
Hui Du, Xiangling Wang, Jun Wu and Qi Qian
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 6, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.173
Correspondence
Response to Thornton
Hideyasu Kiyomoto and Tadashi Sofue
Hypertens Res advance online publication, November 6, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.183
October 30 2009
Original Articles
Posterior paralimbic and frontal metabolite impairments in asymptomatic hypertension with different treatment outcomes
José M García Santos, Luis J Fuentes, Juan B Vidal, Andrés Carrillo, Martirio Antequera, Guillermo Campoy, Carmen Antúnez, Silvia Torres del Río, Julia García-Sevilla and Ginés Ortega
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 30, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.176
Melatonin for nondippers with coronary artery disease: assessment of blood pressure profile and heart rate variability
Tomasz Rechci
ski, Ewa Trzos, Karina Wierzbowska-Drabik, Maria Krzemiska-Paku
a and Magorzata Kurpesa
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 30, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.174
Azelnidipine, a long-acting calcium channel blocker, could control hypertension without decreasing cerebral blood flow in post-ischemic stroke patients. A 123I-IMP SPECT follow-up study
Masaki Watanabe, Teruyuki Hirano, Sadahisa Okamoto, Shinya Shiraishi, Seiji Tomiguchi and Makoto Uchino
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 30, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.179
ALDH2 genetic polymorphism and the risk of type II diabetes mellitus in CAD patients
Feng Xu, Yuguo Chen, Ruijuan Lv, He Zhang, Hongbo Tian, Yuan Bian, Jinbo Feng, Yi Sun, Ruijian Li, Rong Wang and Yun Zhang
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 30, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.178
October 23 2009
Commentaries
The ideal combination of anti-hypertensive drugs
Jitsuo Higaki
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.170
Central blood pressure, arterial stiffness and the heart in hypertensive patients
Katsuhiko Kohara
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.171
Original Article
Abnormal nocturnal blood pressure profile is associated with mild cognitive impairment in the elderly: the J-SHIPP study
Haiyan Guo, Yasuharu Tabara, Michiya Igase, Miyuki Yamamoto, Namiko Ochi, Tomoko Kido, Eri Uetani, Keiko Taguchi, Tetsuro Miki and Katsuhiko Kohara
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.172
Correspondence
Preclinical cardiovascular abnormalities in patients in early stages of renal disease without nephrotic syndrome
Pasquale Esposito, Vittorio Palmieri, Paola Migliaresi, Salvatore Pezzullo, Stefania Martino and Mario M Balletta
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.141
Angiotensin antagonists could increase urine production and drinking in order to decrease renal problems in diabetes and hypertension
Simon N Thornton
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.177
October 16 2009
Commentaries
Blood pressure differences by race: the importance of assessing lifestyle
Atsushi Hozawa and Hirotsugu Ueshima
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 16, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.167
Home blood pressure monitoring, even by the elderly, may save a kidney
Hiroyuki Terawaki
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 16, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.169
October 9 2009
Commentaries
Epigenetics, essential hypertension and renin–angiotensin system upregulation in the offspring of water-deprived pregnant rats
Richard M Millis
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 9, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.168
Risk-prediction tools for cardiovascular disease based on Japanese cohort studies
Tomonori Okamura and Aya Higashiyama
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 9, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.166
Review
The relationship between apolipoprotein E 
2/3/4 polymorphisms and hypertension: a meta-analysis of six studies comprising 1812 cases and 1762 controls
Wenquan Niu, Yue Qi, Yuesheng Qian, Pingjin Gao and Dingliang Zhu
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 9, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.164
Original Articles
A randomized, double-blind, four-arm parallel-group study of the efficacy and safety of azelnidipine and olmesartan medoxomil combination therapy compared with each monotherapy in Japanese patients with essential hypertension: the REZALT study
Toshio Ogihara, Takao Saruta, Kazuyuki Shimada and Kizuku Kuramoto
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 9, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.163
Prognostic significance of home blood pressure control on renal and cardiovascular outcomes in elderly patients with chronic kidney disease
Tomonari Okada, Toshiyuki Nakao, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Yume Nagaoka, Ryo Tomaru, Hideaki Iwasawa and Toshikazu Wada
Hypertens Res advance online publication, October 9, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.165
September 25 2009
Original Articles
Prenatal dehydration alters renin–angiotensin system associated with angiotensin-increased blood pressure in young offspring
Junchang Guan, Caiping Mao, Feichao Xu, Chunsong Geng, Liyan Zhu, Aiqing Wang and Zhice Xu
Hypertens Res advance online publication, September 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.155
Validity and repeatability of the Vicorder apparatus: a comparison with the SphygmoCor device
Stacey S Hickson, Mark Butlin, Jeremy Broad, Alberto P Avolio, Ian B Wilkinson and Carmel M McEniery
Hypertens Res advance online publication, September 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.154
Enhanced hypertension prevalence in non-Han Chinese minorities from Xinjiang Province, China
Zhensui Lu, Zhenhong Lu, Yanling Zhu, Zhaoyang Yan, Xiaoquan Liu, Shigui Yan and Guo-Ping Shi
Hypertens Res advance online publication, September 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.159
Comparison of central blood pressure and cardio-ankle vascular index for association with cardiac function in treated hypertensive patients
Hisashi Masugata, Shoichi Senda, Hiroyuki Okuyama, Koji Murao, Michio Inukai, Naohisa Hosomi, Kazushi Yukiiri, Akira Nishiyama, Masakazu Kohno and Fuminori Goda
Hypertens Res advance online publication, September 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.157
Uncontrolled hypertension based on morning and evening home blood pressure measurements from the J-HOME study
Taku Obara, Kie Ito, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Taku Shibamiya, Takahiro Shinki, Manami Nakashita, Azusa Hara, Hirohito Metoki, Ryusuke Inoue, Kei Asayama, Masahiro Kikuya, Nariyasu Mano and Yutaka Imai the J-HOME Study Group
Hypertens Res advance online publication, September 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.152
Metabolic syndrome is a significant and independent risk factor for increased arterial stiffness in Japanese subjects
Hiroki Satoh, Reiko Kishi and Hiroyuki Tsutsui
Hypertens Res advance online publication, September 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.158
Evaluation of arterial stiffness in morning hypertension under high-dose valsartan compared to valsartan plus low-dose diuretic
Takeshi Takami
Hypertens Res advance online publication, September 25, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.156
September 18 2009
Original Articles
Olmesartan reduces oxidative stress in the brain of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats assessed by an in vivo ESR method
Shuichiro Araki, Yoshitaka Hirooka, Takuya Kishi, Keiji Yasukawa, Hideo Utsumi and Kenji Sunagawa
Hypertens Res advance online publication, September 18, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.160
Development and validation of a cardiovascular risk prediction model for Japanese: the Hisayama study
Hisatomi Arima, Koji Yonemoto, Yasufumi Doi, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Jun Hata, Yumihiro Tanizaki, Masayo Fukuhara, Kiyoshi Matsumura, Mitsuo Iida and Yutaka Kiyohara
Hypertens Res advance online publication, September 18, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.161
Misregulation of the arginase pathway in tissues of spontaneously hypertensive rats
Teddy Bagnost, Alain Berthelot, Magalie Alvergnas, Carole Miguet-Alfonsi, Claire André, Yves Guillaume and Céline Demougeot
Hypertens Res advance online publication, September 18, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.153
Safety and benefits of a tablet combining losartan and hydrochlorothiazide in Japanese diabetic patients with hypertension
Kenichiro Kinouchi, Atsuhiro Ichihara, Mariyo Sakoda, Asako Kurauchi-Mito and Hiroshi Itoh
Hypertens Res advance online publication, September 18, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.162
Association of PLA2G7 polymorphisms with carotid atherosclerosis in hypertensive Japanese
Yoshikazu Miwa, Kei Kamide, Shin Takiuchi, Masayoshi Yoshii, Takeshi Horio, Chihiro Tanaka, Mariko Banno, Toshiyuki Miyata and Yuhei Kawano
Hypertens Res advance online publication, September 18, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.151
