A trip to inner space: insights into salt balance from cosmonauts.

Ortiz-Melo, David; Coffman, Thomas M · Cell Metab · 2013

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Abstract

The epidemiological association between high salt intake and hypertension is well established. However, in most patients, the specific defect causing salt-dependent hypertension cannot be discerned. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Rakova and associates use an unprecedented study design to characterize long-term salt balance in humans (Rakova et al., 2012).