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FEATURED ARTICLE COLLECTION: SPANNING THE BREADTH OF HYPERTENSION RESEARCH

The role of AMP-activated protein kinase in the cardiovascular system FREE

Daisuke Nagata and Yasunobu Hirata

Hypertens Res 33: 22-28; advance online publication, November 13, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.187

Telmisartan improves endothelial dysfunction and renal autoregulation in Dahl salt-sensitive rats FREE

Minoru Satoh, Yoshisuke Haruna, Sohachi Fujimoto, Tamaki Sasaki and Naoki Kashihara

Hypertens Res 33: 135-142; advance online publication, November 20, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.190

Systemic candesartan reduces brain angiotensin II via downregulation of brain renin–angiotensin system FREE

Nicolas Pelisch, Naohisa Hosomi, Masaki Ueno, Hisashi Masugata, Koji Murao, Hirofumi Hitomi, Daisuke Nakano, Hiroyuki Kobori, Akira Nishiyama and Masakazu Kohno

Hypertens Res 33: 161-164; advance online publication, November 27, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.200

Possible roles of human (pro)renin receptor suggested by recent clinical and experimental findings FREE

Atsuhiro Ichihara, Mariyo Sakoda, Asako Kurauchi-Mito, Tatsuya Narita, Kenichiro Kinouchi, Kanako Murohashi-Bokuda and Hiroshi Itoh

Hypertens Res 33: 177-180; advance online publication, December 18, 2009; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.214

Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension in a Chinese rural area from 1991 to 2007 FREE

Jianmin Yang, Fanghong Lu, Cheng Zhang, Zhendong Liu, Yingxin Zhao, Fei Gao, Shangwen Sun, Yuxia Zhao and Yun Zhang

Hypertens Res 33: 331-337; advance online publication, January 22, 2010; doi:10.1038/hr.2009.235

Association of low testosterone with metabolic syndrome and its components in middle-aged Japanese men FREE

Masahiro Akishita, Shiho Fukai, Masayoshi Hashimoto, Yumi Kameyama, Kazushi Nomura, Tetsuro Nakamura, Sumito Ogawa, Katsuya Iijima, Masato Eto and Yasuyoshi Ouchi

Hypertens Res 33: 587-591; advance online publication, March 26, 2010; doi:10.1038/hr.2010.43

Effects of continuous vs. interval exercise training on blood pressure and arterial stiffness in treated hypertension FREE

Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, Emmanuel Gomes Ciolac, Vitor Oliveira Carvalho, Veridiana Moraes D'Avila, Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto and Edimar Alcides Bocchi

Hypertens Res 33: 627-632; advance online publication, April 9, 2010; doi:10.1038/hr.2010.42

Arterial stiffness index based on home (HASI) vs. ambulatory (AASI) blood pressure measurements FREE

George S Stergiou, Anastasios Kollias, Vayia C Rarra, Efthimia G Nasothimiou and Leonidas G Roussias

Hypertens Res 33: 731-736; advance online publication, April 30, 2010; doi:10.1038/hr.2010.62

Differential effects of candesartan and olmesartan on adipose tissue activity biomarkers in type II diabetic hypertensive patients FREE

Giuseppe Derosa, Pamela Maffioli, Sibilla A T Salvadeo, Ilaria Ferrari, Alessia Gravina, Roberto Mereu, Ilaria Palumbo, Elena Fogari, Angela D'Angelo and Arrigo F G Cicero

Hypertens Res 33: 790-795; advance online publication, May 27, 2010; doi:10.1038/hr.2010.85

Prehypertension in disease-free adults: a marker for an adverse cardiometabolic risk profile FREE

Alok K Gupta, Meghan McGlone, Frank L Greenway and William D Johnson

Hypertens Res 33: 905-910; advance online publication, June 10, 2010; doi:10.1038/hr.2010.91