Hyperhomocysteinemia Promotes Cardiac Hypertrophy in Hypertension.

Moreover, HHcy increased AngII-stimulated cardiac expression of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), two markers widely used to evaluate cardiac injury and dysfunction, although the increase of BNP did not reach statistical significance due to the relatively small sample size and large within-group variation ( Figure 1(f) ).

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