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An influence of variation in the aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2) on corticosteroid responses to ACTH in normal human subjects.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Jun 2001
Davies E, Holloway C D, Ingram M C, Friel E C, Inglis G C, Swan L, Hillis W S, Fraser R, Connell J M
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OBJECTIVE: Previous evidence suggests that the efficiency of 11beta-hydroxylase is at least partly heritable and also that it may be mildly impaired in essential hypertension. In both cases, assessment of activity was based on the response of 11-deoxycorticosterone (DOC) and 11-deoxycortisol to ACTH. The gene (CYP11B1) coding for this enzyme is highly homologous with and lies a relatively short distance...
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