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Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists eplerenone and spironolactone modify adr...
Pereira, SS; Carvalho, LS; Costa, MM; Melo, A; Ferreira, IMPLVO; Gomez-Sanchez, CE; Monteiro, MP; Vinson, G; Pignatelli, DMineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) are a class of anti-hypertensive drugs that act by blocking aldosterone action. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the MRAs spironolactone and eplerenone influence adrenal cortical physiology and morphology. Spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR, n = 18) and normotensive rats (WKY, n = 18) were randomly exposed to a daily dose of spironolactone (n = 6), eple...
Incomplete pattern of steroidogenic protein expression in functioning adrenocor...
Pereira, SS; Costa, MM; Gomez-Sanchez, CE; Monteiro, MP; Pignatelli, DAutonomous steroid secretion is a common feature of adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC), although not always clinically evident owing to inefficient steroidogenesis with increased release of steroid precursors. Our study aim was to analyze the expression profile of four key proteins involved in the steroidogenesis cascade, in different adrenocortical tumors. Expression of proteins involved in steroidogenesis, namel...