Therapeutics Advances
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2016.
World J Hypertens. Feb 23, 2016; 6(1): 1-17
Published online Feb 23, 2016. doi: 10.5494/wjh.v6.i1.1
Figure 1
Figure 1 Rho kinase activation and downstream effects on cardiovascular remodeling in hypertension (as well as in cardiovascular disease). GEFs: Guanine nucleotide exchange factors; GAPs: GTPase activating proteins; GTP: Guanosine-triphosphate; GDP: Guanosine-diphosphate; MYPT1: Myosin binding subunit of myosin light chain phosphatase 1; MLC2: Myosin light chain 2; ERM: Ezrin/radixin/moesin; SMC: Smooth muscle cell. Adapted from references[2,47,144,145].