Salinity is one of the most important abiotic stresses that decrease crop production. Transcription factors (TFs) are prominent regulators in plant responses to abiotic stress. In the present study, the expression pattern of four salt-induced genes encoding transcription factors, namely, MYB, RF2, GTF, and ARID was studied in response to salt stress (sodium chloride) and recovery conditions. Th...

BACKGROUND Salt sensitivity in essential hypertension is associated with both endothelial dysfunction and increased cardiovascular risk. We evaluated several serum markers of atherosclerosis and endothelial function in a group of essential hypertensive patients classified on the basis of their salt sensitivity. METHODS Forty-three patients were classified as having salt-sensitive (20 subjects...

A ccording to a recent Scientific Statement of the American Heart Association (AHA), salt sensitivity of blood pressure (BP) is a trait in which BP “changes parallel to changes in salt intake.” It is said that salt sensitivity is “a risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, independent of and as powerful as BP.” Although the criteria for identifying salt sensitivity are not standa...

More than a quarter of human populations now suffer from hypertension paralleling the marked increase in the dietary intake of salt during the recent several decades. Despite overwhelming experimental and epidemiological evidence, some still debate the relation between salt and hypertension. Pointing to some conflicting data in a few flawed studies, they argue that policy interventions to reduc...

OBJECTIVE As countries struggle to meet the set targets for population salt intake, there have been calls for more regulated approaches to reducing dietary salt intake. However, little is known about how the public perceives various salt reduction policies; an important line of investigation given that the implementation and success of these policies often depend on public sentiment. We investi...

Salt is the main vehicle for iodine fortification in The Netherlands. A reduction in salt intake may reduce the supply of iodine. Our aim was to quantify the effect of salt reduction on the habitual iodine intake of the Dutch population and the risk of inadequate iodine intake. We used data of the Dutch National Food Consumption Survey (1997-8) and an update of the food composition database to ...

Marketing of non-iodized salt through unconventional distribution channels is one of the factors weakening the national salt iodization program in South Africa. The aim of this study was therefore to quantify the various sources of household salt, and to relate this information to socio-economic status. Questionnaire information was collected by personal interview during home visits from a mult...

In aortas of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs), excessive dietary salt causes down-regulation of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) followed by decreased cyclic GMP production, which leads to impairment of the vascular relaxation response to nitric oxide (NO). The present study aimed to elucidate whether this impaired NO/cyclic GMP system results secondarily from increased blood pressure or f...

Objective Dietary salt reduction is important for the prevention and treatment of lifestyle-related diseases, including hypertension. Thus, in order to follow a strict low-salt diet, it is necessary to assess one's salt intake and to become aware of the importance of salt reduction. Methods More than 2,000 employees of a company, who received a periodic health checkup, participated in the prese...