Budget Amount *help |
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Iron is an essential element for life, while excessive iron contributes to increase the oxidative stress. We investigate the impacts of dietary iron restriction on the development of hypertension in experimental and clinical studies. Dietary iron restriction attenuated the development of hypertension in experimental hypertensive animals. The cellular iron import protein transferrin receptor 1 was increased in hypertensive damaged tissues (i.e. aorta, kidney). Although 3 months of dietary iron restriction did not significantly decrease blood pressure, iron restriction decreased cardio ankle vascular index in patients with essential hypertension.
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