KCNJ5 and Hypertension: Mendelian forms of hypertension and germline mutations causing early-onset hypertension have highlighted biological pathways that involve renal salt handling (WNK1, WNK4, KLHL3, and CUL3), ion transport (CACNA1D, CACNA1H, KCNJ5, SCNN1B, and SCNN1G), corticosteroidogenesis (CYP11B2, HSD11B2, NR3C2, CYP11B1, and CYP17A1), and vascular tone (PDE3A) to regulate blood [41–44].