Mineralocorticoids

Known as: mineralocorticosteroid, mineralocorticosteroids, Mineralocorticoid 
A group of CORTICOSTEROIDS primarily associated with water and electrolyte balance. This is accomplished through the effect on ION TRANSPORT in renal… (More)
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Adrenal Cortex HormonesSteroid hormone

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AldosteroneDesoxycorticosterone acetatedesoxycorticosterone
FludrocortisoneIn BloodNeurosteroidsProcess of secretion
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2008
Review
2008
The coming out of the brain mineralocorticoid receptor
Corticosteroids - secreted after stress - have profound effects on brain and behavior. These effects are mediated by… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Modification of mineralocorticoid receptor function by Rac1 GTPase: implication in proteinuric kidney disease
Blockade of mineralocorticoid receptor has been shown to improve the clinical outcomes of proteinuric kidney diseases. However… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Mineralocorticoid receptors are indispensable for nongenomic modulation of hippocampal glutamate transmission by corticosterone.
The adrenal hormone corticosterone transcriptionally regulates responsive genes in the rodent hippocampus through nuclear… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Human adipocytes secrete mineralocorticoid-releasing factors.
Obesity has become an epidemic problem in western societies, contributing to metabolic diseases, hypertension, and cardiovascular… (More)
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency.
More than 90% of cases of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH, the inherited inability to synthesize cortisol) are caused by 21… (More)
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1997
Review
1997
Glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors: biology and clinical relevance.
Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors act as homodimers via canonical pentadecamer hormone response elements to regulate… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Mineralocorticoids, hypertension, and cardiac fibrosis.
Uninephrectomized rats drinking 1% sodium chloride were given aldosterone (Aldo, 0.75 microgram/h, subcutaneous [s.c.] infusion… (More)
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Mineralocorticoid excess, dietary sodium, and myocardial fibrosis.
Unlike the non-renin-dependent hypertension associated with infrarenal aorta banding, an abnormal accumulation of fibrillar… (More)
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Mineralocorticoid action: target tissue specificity is enzyme, not receptor, mediated.
Mineralocorticoid receptors, both when in tissue extracts and when recombinant-derived, have equal affinity for the physiological… (More)
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Cloning of human mineralocorticoid receptor complementary DNA: structural and functional kinship with the glucocorticoid receptor.
Low-stringency hybridization with human glucocorticoid receptor (hGR) complementary DNA was used to isolate a new gene encoding a… (More)
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