www.mnf-journal.com Page 1 Molecular Nutrition & Food Research Received: MONTH DD, YYY; Revised: MONTH DD, YYY; Accepted: MONTH DD, YYY This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201800033. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Lactobacillus fermentum improves tacrolimus-induced hypertension by restoring vascular redox state and improving eNOS coupling Marta Toral 1 , Miguel Romero 1,2 , Alba Rodríguez-Nogales 1,4 , Rosario Jiménez 1,2,3 , Iñaki Robles-Vera 1 , Francesca Algieri 1,4 , Natalia Chueca-Porcuna 2,5 , Manuel Sánchez 1 , Néstor de la Visitación 1 , Mónica Olivares 6 , Federico García 2,5 , Francisco Pérez-Vizcaíno 7,8 , Julio Gálvez 1,2,4 , Juan Duarte 1,2,3 . 1 Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain; 2 Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (Ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain; 3 CIBER-Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CiberCV), Granada, Spain; 4 CIBER-ehd, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), Granada, Spain; 5 Department of Microbiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, Granada, Spain; 6 Laboratorio de Descubrimiento y Preclínica, Departamento de Investigación BIOSEARCH S.A., Granada, Spain; 7 Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; 8 Ciber Enfermedades Respiratorias (Ciberes) and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IISGM), Madrid, Spain. To whom correspondence should be addressed: Juan Duarte, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain. Tel: (34)- 958241791, Fax: (34)-958248264, Email: jmduarte@ugr.es