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Introduction Aldosterone plays a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases. There is increasing evidence of unfavorable effects of aldosterone on the cardiovascular system, in experimental models as well as large clinical trials
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salt intake ( Carvalho et al . 1989 ). A major regulator of sodium/volume homeostasis is aldosterone ( Ehrhart-Bornstein et al . 1998 , Lumbers 1999 , Spat & Hunyady 2004 , Williams 2005 ). For more than a half-a-century, it has been known that
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been proposed including increased sympathetic nervous system activity, overactivation of the renin-angiotensin II-aldosterone system, excessive secretion of adipose-derived cytokines, inflammation and compression of the kidneys by excess perirenal fat
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Introduction During the past two decades, a substantial expansion has occurred in understanding aldosterone’s mechanism of action, specifically in two areas – cells targeted and pathways used. First, the tissues that are aldosterone’s targets
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Introduction Aldosterone, a major regulator of electrolyte balance and body-fluid homeostasis, is produced by the zona glomerulosa (ZG) of the adrenal cortex ( Giroud et al. 1956 ). Aldosterone’s production is regulated at early (cholesterol
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Introduction The mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) is an intracellular steroid hormone receptor, and a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily, that mediates the physiological action of two important adrenal steroids, aldosterone and cortisol
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Introduction Aldosterone mediates its effects via the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), a ligand-activated transcription factor. Upon binding of aldosterone, MR interacts with a distinct DNA motif to regulate transcription of its target genes
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Introduction Primary aldosteronism (PA), or Conn syndrome, is the most common endocrine cause of hypertension and is characterized by the autonomous production of the mineralocorticoid aldosterone, affecting 5–15% of hypertensive patients in
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Introduction Aldosterone and the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) play a key role in the regulation of electrolyte balance and blood pressure. Abnormalities in aldosterone and MR function lead to salt-losing disorders or hypertension
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Introduction It is now over 50 years since Sylvia and James Tait, in collaboration with Tadeusz Reichstein, isolated and characterized the steroid hormone, aldosterone ( Tait et al. 2004 ). Since then, the traditional view has been