What research has Professor Fujita conducted?
Since 1980, Professor Fujita has conducted research on renal and metabolic aspects of hypertension, involving the pathophysiology of salt-sensitive hypertension, the involvement of aldosterone/mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) activation in salt-sensitive hypertension and metabolic syndrome, the alternative pathway of MR activation, and the involvement of aberrant renal b adrenergic receptor-WNK4 pathway in salt-induced hypertension. Most recently, his group has clarified the involvement of aberrant renal b adrenergic receptor-WNK4 pathway in salt-induced hypertension (Nat Med 2011). 