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Absence of somatic mutations in natriuretic peptide receptor type A gene in human aldosterone-secreting adenomas.
Journal of molecular endocrinology - 1 Oct 2003
Sarzani R, Salvi F, Pietrucci F, Buglia L, Candelaresi C, Balducci B, Francioni M, Fazioli F, Letizia C, D'Erasmo E, Dessì-Fulgheri P, Rappelli A
Abstract excerpt
Somatic mutations of genes codifying for key regulatory proteins are the cause of different types of hormone-secreting adenomas. Natriuretic peptides (NP) are the strongest inhibitors of aldosterone secretion but aldosterone-secreting adenomas (aldosteronomas) are resistant to this inhibition and have reduced binding sites for NPs. The objective of this study was to sequence the entire coding region of the NP...
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