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Expression of both Fas and FasL was observed in kidneys of both SD and S rats, but specifically increased over time in hypertensive S rats.
Endothelin-1 is a vascular hormone, which may play a role in the generation and maintenance of heart failure [ 18 ] . In hypertensive patients, doxazosin lowers von Willebrand factor commensurate with blood pressure, but it does not lower high levels of endothelin-1 while atenolol does [ 19 ] .
Recent evidence suggests that apoptosis is involved in several pathological processes in the lung [ 30 31 32 ] and kidney [ 33 34 35 36 37 ] . Using the Dahl/Rapp salt-sensitive (S) rat, which develops hypertensive nephrosclerosis that resembles the human disease process [ 5 ] , this laboratory demonstrated an early and inappropriate apoptotic process that occurred in both glomerular and tubular compartments of the kidneys and correlated with the decline in glomerular filtration rate.
A plausible explanation could be the low concentration of this type of diet in saturated fat and the non-lipid-lowering benefits that physical activities and Mediterranean diet have been reported to produce (including antithrombotic and anti-inflammatory effects) [ 22 23 ] . In accordance to that, several investigators have reported that non-pharmacological lifestyle interventions, like diet and exercise, could be useful in the management of hypertensive subjects [ 24 25 ] .
A previous study suggested that the apoptotic process occurred early in the development of hypertension in this model [ 26 ] , so the data suggested that an apoptotic mechanism in addition to activation of the Fas/FasL pathway is also involved in development of hypertensive nephrosclerosis in S rats.
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