Defective Peroxisomal Proliferators Activated Receptor Gamma Activity Due to Dominant-Negative Mutation Synergizes with Hypertension to Accelerate Cardiac Fibrosis in Mice

Abstract

These results show synergistic pathogenic effects between the presence of defective PPARgamma and AngII-induced hypertension and suggest that patients with PPARgamma mutation and hypertension may need more aggressive therapeutic measures to reduce the risk of accelerated cardiac fibrosis.