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. 1981 Apr 18;282(6272):1267–1269. doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6272.1267

Leucocyte cation transport in essential hypertension: its relation to the renin-angiotensin system.

R P Edmondson, G A MacGregor
PMCID: PMC1505350  PMID: 6784808

Abstract

Leucocyte cation transport measured when patients received a normal sodium intake and the response of the renin-angiotensin system to changes in sodium intake were studied in 22 patients with essential hypertension. The rate constant for total leucocyte sodium efflux measured during a normal diet was significantly correlated with the plasma renin activity measured during a low sodium diet. Impairment of leucocyte sodium transport was significantly greater in eight patients whose plasma renin activity failed to rise into the normal range during the low sodium diet as compared with the 14 other patients, whose renin system responded normally to sodium restriction. These results provide further suggestive evidence for the hypothesis that there is a circulating sodium transport inhibitor that may be important in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension.

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