TGFB1 and hypertensive disorder: Figure 10B shows that TGFβ expression fainted in the kidney of CTRL-Salt rats. This effect was more accentuated in HTN induced by DOCA (Figure 10C,D). Quantification of TGFβ protein content in the kidney cortex demonstrated the same profile in comparison to CTRL: a 45% decrease in CTRL-Salt rats (p = 0.0046), a 50% decrease in DOCA rats (p = 0.0020), and a 60% decrease in DOCA-Salt rats (p = 0.0067).