Overview

The biomolecular basis underlying essential hypertension and end organ damage associated with hypertension is characterized as polygenic diseases with complexities such as "environment gene" and "gene-gene" interactions. Despite intensive research in this field, this molecular book is aimed at providing the state-of-the-art reviews which define how the biologic systems sense changes in environment, alter their activities or function, and cross talk with other neurohormonal systems to modulate cardiovascular/renal function and blood pressure. This title will attract a vast range of readers including scientists and investigators in both academic and industrial fields, and clinicians. Graduate students will also be interested in buying this book, particularly as there is exponential growth of courses on this subject.