Abstract
Hypertension (HTN) is a well known risk factor for the development of cardiovascular and renal (CVR) diseases. The collaborating group recently proposed a novel contributor to the etiology of HTN mediated by salt: Lysine Specific Demethylase 1 (LSD1). The candidate worked with this group and demonstrated that in mice, the deficiency of LSD1 accelerates the increase of blood pressure (BP) …