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Genetic association of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (HSD11B2) flanking microsatellites with essential hypertension in blacks.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Sept 1996
Watson B, Bergman S M, Myracle A, Callen D F, Acton R T, Warnock D G
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11 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11 beta-HSD2) specifically modulates access of the mineralocorticoid aldosterone to the kidney mineralocorticoid type 1 receptors in a physiological environment in which there is a molar excess of cortisol. Cortisol and aldosterone have similar affinit...
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