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Case Report: Nodule Development From Subcapsular Aldosterone-Producing Cell Clusters Causes Hyperaldosteronism.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jan 2016
Nishimoto Koshiro, Seki Tsugio, Kurihara Isao, Yokota Kenichi, Omura Masao, Nishikawa Tetsuo, Shibata Hirotaka, Kosaka Takeo, Oya Mototsugu, Suematsu Makoto, Mukai Kuniaki
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CONTEXT: We previously reported that the human adrenal cortex remodels to form subcapsular aldosterone-producing cell clusters (APCCs). Some APCCs were recently found to carry aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA)-associated somatic mutations in ion channel/pump genes, which implied that APCCs produce aldosterone autonomously and are an origin of APA. However, there has been no report describing an APCC-to-APA...
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