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Sucrose induces Cardiac Hypertrophy and Renal Perivascular Fibrosis in a Novel Mouse Model of Hypertension

Key takeaways

Mice that drank sugary water developed high blood pressure and kidney scarring. This was a lab study in animals, not people yet. It shows how sugar may affect the heart and kidneys.

Who did this work

Yuka Terada (University of South Florida) · Yuki Nakayama (University of South Florida) · Youjie Zhang (University of South Florida) · Busra Cetinkaya-Un (University of South Florida) · Katherine J. Elliott (University of South Florida) · Tomoki N Hashimoto (Barrow Neurological Institute) · Adebowale Adebiyi (University of Missouri) · Patrick Osei‐Owusu (Case Western Reserve University) · Satoru Eguchi (University of South Florida)

Source

Article · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-10-20
https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpag122