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Effect of variation in CYP11B1 and CYP11B2 on corticosteroid phenotype and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in hypertensive and normotensive subjects.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 May 2008
Freel E M, Ingram M, Wallace A M, White A, Fraser R, Davies E, Connell J M C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Aldosterone is important in the development of hypertension. We have shown that a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (-344T) in the 5' regulatory region (UTR) of the gene encoding aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) associates with aldosterone excess and hypertension as well as altered adrenal 11-hydroxylation efficiency (deoxycortisol to cortisol). This conversion is carried out by the enzyme...
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