Fat Cells May Be the Obesity-Hypertension Link

Friday, November 14th, 2003

Fat Cells May Be the Obesity-Hypertension Link reports on a recent PNAS paper:

Fat cells produce factors that directly stimulate the adrenal gland to release the hormone aldosterone, new findings show. Because aldosterone regulates blood pressure, these factors may at least partly explain the link between obesity and high blood pressure.
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Other hormones produced by the cells also increased: cortisol was nearly tripled, and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) levels increased 1.5-fold.

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