title: Does an apple a day put hypertension in play?
abstract: Singh et al. offer exciting data in their new report about fructose-induced hypertension. Fructose induced an increase in serum uric acid after 8-10 weeks of increased fructose exposure, but no correlation was found between hyperuricemia and hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Medizinische Klinik IV, Berlin, Germany. Joachim.Jankowski@charite.de
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jankowski
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Günthner
mesh_terms: D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005632:Fructose / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051246:Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051296:Glucose Transporter Type 5; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood* / Q000139:chemically induced*; D033461:Hyperuricemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D027981:Symporters / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems; D002712:Chlorides; D051246:Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative; D051296:Glucose Transporter Type 5; C465351:Slc2a5 protein, mouse; C483904:Slc36a1 protein, mouse; D027981:Symporters; D014527:Uric Acid; D005632:Fructose