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Cortisol overproduction results from DNA methylation of CYP11B1 in hypercortisolemia.
Scientific reports - 11 Sept 2017
Kometani Mitsuhiro, Yoneda Takashi, Demura Masashi, Koide Hiroshi, Nishimoto Koshiro, Mukai Kuniaki, Gomez-Sanchez Celso E, Akagi Tadayuki, Yokota Takashi, Horike Shin-Ichi, Karashima Shigehiro, Miyamori Isamu, Yamagishi Masakazu, Takeda Yoshiyu
Abstract excerpt
Adrenocortical hormone excess, due to primary aldosteronism (PA) or hypercortisolemia, causes hypertension and cardiovascular complications. In PA, hypomethylation of aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) is associated with aldosterone overproduction. However, in hypercortisolemia, the role of DNA methylation of 11β-hydroxylase (CYP11B1), which catalyzes cortisol biosynthesis and is highly homologous to CYP11B2, is...
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