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Mineralocorticoid

Index Mineralocorticoid

Mineralocorticoids are a class of corticosteroids, which in turn are a class of steroid hormones. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 57 relations: Addison's disease, Adrenal cortex, Adrenal gland, Adrenocortical adenoma, Adrenocorticotropic hormone, Aldosterone, Angiotensin, ATPase, Biochemical cascade, Blood pressure, Blood volume, Cell nucleus, Collecting duct system, Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Corticosteroid, Corticosteroid 11-beta-dehydrogenase isozyme 2, Cortisol, Cytosol, Deoxycorticosterone, DNA, Edema, Endogeny (biology), Eplerenone, Fludrocortisone, Fluid balance, Gene, Glucocorticoid, Heat shock protein, Hormone receptor, Hyperaldosteronism, Hypertension, Hypoaldosteronism, Ligand, Lipid bilayer, Liquorice, List of corticosteroids, Mineral (nutrient), Mineralocorticoid receptor, Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, Nuclear receptor, Organic compound, Potassium, Progesterone, Promoter (genetics), Proton, Pseudohyperaldosteronism, Receptor (biochemistry), Response element, Sodium, Spironolactone, ... Expand index (7 more) »

  2. Mineralocorticoids

Addison's disease

Addison's disease, also known as primary adrenal insufficiency, is a rare long-term endocrine disorder characterized by inadequate production of the steroid hormones cortisol and aldosterone by the two outer layers of the cells of the adrenal glands (adrenal cortex), causing adrenal insufficiency.

See Mineralocorticoid and Addison's disease

Adrenal cortex

The adrenal cortex is the outer region and also the largest part of the adrenal gland.

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Adrenal gland

The adrenal glands (also known as suprarenal glands) are endocrine glands that produce a variety of hormones including adrenaline and the steroids aldosterone and cortisol.

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Adrenocortical adenoma

An adrenocortical adenoma or adrenal adenoma is commonly described as a benign neoplasm emerging from the cells that comprise the adrenal cortex.

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Adrenocorticotropic hormone

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH; also adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin) is a polypeptide tropic hormone produced by and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland.

See Mineralocorticoid and Adrenocorticotropic hormone

Aldosterone

Aldosterone is the main mineralocorticoid steroid hormone produced by the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex in the adrenal gland. Mineralocorticoid and Aldosterone are mineralocorticoids.

See Mineralocorticoid and Aldosterone

Angiotensin

Angiotensin is a peptide hormone that causes vasoconstriction and an increase in blood pressure.

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ATPase

ATPases (Adenosine 5'-TriPhosphatase, adenylpyrophosphatase, ATP monophosphatase, triphosphatase, SV40 T-antigen, ATP hydrolase, complex V (mitochondrial electron transport), (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase, HCO3−-ATPase, adenosine triphosphatase) are a class of enzymes that catalyze the decomposition of ATP into ADP and a free phosphate ion or the inverse reaction.

See Mineralocorticoid and ATPase

Biochemical cascade

A biochemical cascade, also known as a signaling cascade or signaling pathway, is a series of chemical reactions that occur within a biological cell when initiated by a stimulus.

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Blood pressure

Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels.

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Blood volume

Blood volume (volemia) is the volume of blood (blood cells and plasma) in the circulatory system of any individual.

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Cell nucleus

The cell nucleus (nuclei) is a membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells.

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Collecting duct system

The collecting duct system of the kidney consists of a series of tubules and ducts that physically connect nephrons to a minor calyx or directly to the renal pelvis.

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of autosomal recessive disorders characterized by impaired cortisol synthesis.

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Corticosteroid

Corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex of vertebrates, as well as the synthetic analogues of these hormones.

See Mineralocorticoid and Corticosteroid

Corticosteroid 11-beta-dehydrogenase isozyme 2

Corticosteroid 11-β-dehydrogenase isozyme 2 also known as 11-β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the gene.

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Cortisol

Cortisol is a steroid hormone in the glucocorticoid class of hormones and a stress hormone.

See Mineralocorticoid and Cortisol

Cytosol

The cytosol, also known as cytoplasmic matrix or groundplasm, is one of the liquids found inside cells (intracellular fluid (ICF)).

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Deoxycorticosterone

Deoxycorticosterone (DOC), or desoxycorticosterone, may refer to.

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DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.

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Edema

Edema (AmE), also spelled oedema (BrE), and also known as fluid retention, dropsy, hydropsy and swelling, is the build-up of fluid in the body's tissue.

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Endogeny (biology)

Endogenous substances and processes are those that originate from within a living system such as an organism, tissue, or cell.

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Eplerenone

Eplerenone, sold under the brand name Inspra, is an aldosterone antagonist type of potassium-sparing diuretic that is used to treat chronic heart failure and high blood pressure, particularly for people with resistant hypertension due to elevated aldosterone.

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Fludrocortisone

Fludrocortisone, sold under the brand name Florinef, among others, is a corticosteroid used to treat adrenogenital syndrome, postural hypotension, and adrenal insufficiency. Mineralocorticoid and Fludrocortisone are mineralocorticoids.

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Fluid balance

Fluid balance is an aspect of the homeostasis of organisms in which the amount of water in the organism needs to be controlled, via osmoregulation and behavior, such that the concentrations of electrolytes (salts in solution) in the various body fluids are kept within healthy ranges.

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Gene

In biology, the word gene has two meanings.

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Glucocorticoid

Glucocorticoids (or, less commonly, glucocorticosteroids) are a class of corticosteroids, which are a class of steroid hormones.

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Heat shock protein

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a family of proteins produced by cells in response to exposure to stressful conditions.

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Hormone receptor

A hormone receptor is a receptor molecule that binds to a specific hormone.

See Mineralocorticoid and Hormone receptor

Hyperaldosteronism

Hyperaldosteronism is a medical condition wherein too much aldosterone is produced.

See Mineralocorticoid and Hyperaldosteronism

Hypertension

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.

See Mineralocorticoid and Hypertension

Hypoaldosteronism

Hypoaldosteronism is an endocrinological disorder characterized by decreased levels of the hormone aldosterone.

See Mineralocorticoid and Hypoaldosteronism

Ligand

In coordination chemistry, a ligand is an ion or molecule with a functional group that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex.

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Lipid bilayer

The lipid bilayer (or phospholipid bilayer) is a thin polar membrane made of two layers of lipid molecules.

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Liquorice

Liquorice (British English) or licorice (American English) is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring is extracted. The liquorice plant is an herbaceous perennial legume native to West Asia, North Africa, and Southern Europe.

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List of corticosteroids

This is a list of corticosteroids (glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids) or derivatives of cortisol (hydrocortisone).

See Mineralocorticoid and List of corticosteroids

Mineral (nutrient)

In the context of nutrition, a mineral is a chemical element.

See Mineralocorticoid and Mineral (nutrient)

Mineralocorticoid receptor

The mineralocorticoid receptor (or MR, MLR, MCR), also known as the aldosterone receptor or nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 2, (NR3C2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NR3C2 gene that is located on chromosome 4q31.1-31.2.

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Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist

A mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA or MCRA) or aldosterone antagonist, is a diuretic drug which antagonizes the action of aldosterone at mineralocorticoid receptors.

See Mineralocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist

Nuclear receptor

In the field of molecular biology, nuclear receptors are a class of proteins responsible for sensing steroids, thyroid hormones, vitamins, and certain other molecules.

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Organic compound

Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon.

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Potassium

Potassium is a chemical element; it has symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number19.

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Progesterone

Progesterone (P4) is an endogenous steroid and progestogen sex hormone involved in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and embryogenesis of humans and other species.

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Promoter (genetics)

In genetics, a promoter is a sequence of DNA to which proteins bind to initiate transcription of a single RNA transcript from the DNA downstream of the promoter.

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Proton

A proton is a stable subatomic particle, symbol, H+, or 1H+ with a positive electric charge of +1 e (elementary charge).

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Pseudohyperaldosteronism

Pseudohyperaldosteronism (also pseudoaldosteronism) is a medical condition which mimics the effects of elevated aldosterone (hyperaldosteronism) by presenting with high blood pressure, low blood potassium levels (hypokalemia), metabolic alkalosis, and low levels of plasma renin activity (PRA).

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Receptor (biochemistry)

In biochemistry and pharmacology, receptors are chemical structures, composed of protein, that receive and transduce signals that may be integrated into biological systems.

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Response element

Response elements are short sequences of DNA within a gene promoter or enhancer region that are able to bind specific transcription factors and regulate transcription of genes.

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Sodium

Sodium is a chemical element; it has symbol Na (from Neo-Latin natrium) and atomic number 11.

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Spironolactone

Spironolactone, sold under the brand name Aldactone among others, is a diuretic medication primarily used to treat fluid build-up due to heart failure, liver scarring, or kidney disease.

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Steroid

A steroid is an organic compound with four fused rings (designated A, B, C, and D) arranged in a specific molecular configuration.

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Steroid hormone

A steroid hormone is a steroid that acts as a hormone.

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Transcription (biology)

Transcription is the process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA.

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Transrepression

In the field of molecular biology, transrepression is a process whereby one protein represses (i.e., inhibits) the activity of a second protein through a protein-protein interaction.

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Water

Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome

Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome (WFS) is defined as adrenal gland failure due to bleeding into the adrenal glands, commonly caused by severe bacterial infection.

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11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase

11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD-11β or 11β-HSD) enzymes catalyze the conversion of inert 11 keto-products (cortisone) to active cortisol, or vice versa, thus regulating the access of glucocorticoids to the steroid receptors.

See Mineralocorticoid and 11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase

See also

Mineralocorticoids

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineralocorticoid

Also known as Antinatriuretic agent, Mineral corticoid, Mineralcorticoid, Mineralcorticoids, Mineralocoarticoid, Mineralocorticoidic, Mineralocorticoids, Mineralocorticosteroid.

, Steroid, Steroid hormone, Transcription (biology), Transrepression, Water, Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome, 11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.