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Aldosterone, Volume 109, the latest release in the Vitamins and Hormones series first published in 1943, covers the field of hormone action, vitamin action, X-ray crystal structure, physiology and enzyme mechanisms, with this release focusing on topics relating to Aldosterone Research, Aldosterone and Micrornas, the Evolution of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor, Aldosterone and Kidney Micrornas, Adipocyte Mineralocorticoid Receptor, Regulation of Aldosterone Secretion, Leptin and Aldosterone, Cell- and Ligand-Specific Interactions in Mineralocorticoid Receptor Signaling, Primary Aldosteronism, Present and Future, Aldosterone-Producing Adenomas, Overexpression of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor, Aldosterone and Myocardial Pathology, and much more.
List of contents
1. Regulation of Aldosterone Signaling by MicroRNAsMichael B. Butterworth and Diego Alvarez de la Rosa2. Evolution of the Mineralocorticoid ReceptorMichael E. Baker and Yoshinao Katsu3. Adipocyte Mineralocorticoid ReceptorMarco Infante, Andrea Armani, Vincenzo Marzolla, Andrea Fabbri and Massimiliano Caprio4. Regulation of Aldosterone SecretionScott M. MacKenzie, Josie van Kralingen and Eleanor Davies5. Leptin and AldosteroneJessica L. Faulkner and Eric J. Belin de Chantemèle6. Mechanisms of Mineralocorticoid Receptor SignalingPeter J. Fuller, Jun Yang and Morag J. Young7. Aldosterone Research: 65 Years, and CountingJohn W. Funder8. Primary Aldosteronism: Present and FutureJohn Funder9. Aldosterone-Producing AdenomasPer Hellman, Peyman Björklund and Tobias Åkerström10. Brain Mineralocorticoid Receptors and Resilience to StressSofia Kanatsou, Marian Joels and Harm Krugers11. Aldosterone and Myocardial PathologyAlessandro Cannavo, Andrea Elia, Daniela Liccardo, Giuseppe Rengo and Walter J. Koch12. Paracrine Regulation of Aldosterone Secretion in Physiological and Pathophysiological ConditionsHervé Lefebvre, Céline Duparc, Alexandre Naccache, Antoine-Guy Lopez, Mireille Castanet and Estelle Louiset13. Nongenomic Effects of AldosteroneAnastasia S. Mihailidou, Andreas G. Tzakos and Anthony W. Ashton14. Mineralocorticoid Receptor AntagonistsAnneli Nordqvist and Kenneth L. Granberg15. Aldosterone and Ion ChannelsWilliam C. Valinsky, Rhian M. Touyz and Alvin Shrier16. Inhibitors of Aldosterone SynthaseSteven M. Weldon and Nicholas F. Brown17. Aldosterone, the Mineralocorticoid Receptor and Mechanisms of Cardiovascular DiseaseMorag J. Young and Gail K. Adler
About the author
Dr. Litwack has authored 3 textbooks on biochemistry and hormones (one with John Wiley & Sons and 2 with Academic Press/Elsevier) and he has edited more than 70 volumes in the Vitamins & Hormones series (Academic Press/Elsevier); he has edited 14 volumes entitled Biochemical Actions of Hormones (Academica Press); He has edited (with David Kritchevsky) Actions of Hormones on Molecular Processes (Academic Press)
