title: Molecular mechanisms of arterial stiffness: new insights.
abstract: This review of the relationship between aortic stiffness and blood pressure is based on several presentations made at the 2012 Council of High Blood Pressure Research. New information regarding genetic factors and molecular mechanisms involved in altering vascular responses are reviewed as a preview of emerging information in this area.
authors.affiliation: Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine and Charité Medical Faculty, Berlin, Germany. luft@charite.de
authors.forename: Friedrich C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Luft
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D059289:Vascular Stiffness / Q000235:genetics*