The Effects of Arterial Blood Pressure Reduction on Endocan and Soluble Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecules (CAMs) and CAMs Ligands Expression in Hypertensive Patients on Ca-Channel Blocker Therapy

• Main Authors: Refmir Tadzic (Author), Martina Mihalj (Author), Aleksandar Vcev (Author), Johann Ennen (Author), Arijan Tadzic (Author), Ines Drenjancevic-Peric (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: To determine the effect of arterial blood pressure (BP) reduction on endocan and soluble cell adhesion molecules' (sCAM) plasma concentration and expression of their ligands on circulatory leukocyte subpopulations. Methods: 24 hypertensive subjects of both sexes (age: 53±8 yrs)...