Both cortisol and aldosterone are potent activators of renal MCRs. In vitro, cortisol is a tenfold more potent activator of the MCR than aldosterone. In the kidney, 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-2 ...

Recently, our group has shown the usefulness of the serum sodium to urinary sodium to (serum potassium) 2 to urinary potassium (SUSPPUP) ratio in the diagnosis of PA. When calculated from synchronous ...

The mineralocorticoid aldosterone regulates sodium and water homeostasis in the human body. The combination of excess aldosterone and salt loading induces hypertension and cardiac damage. However, ...

As a very rare condition, apparent mineralocorticoid excess may not be an attractive object of study for most physicians. However, as a natural model of the more common condition of hypertension due ...

Just as a water filtration system acts to filter contaminants from the water you drink, your kidneys act to filter waste and excess fluid from your blood. In chronic kidney disease (CKD), kidney ...

Impact of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion Among Patients With HIV-Associated Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas Data for 1,410 abiraterone-treated patients from 2011 to 2022 were ...

Vitamin D status and skeletal health in black men starting androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. Assessment of the variability of and effect of hormone therapy on circulating tumor cell ...