Title : 11 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.

Pub. Date : 1999

PMID : 10232052






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1 11 beta-HSD2 is a high affinity NAD-dependent dehydrogenase that protects the mineralocorticoid receptor from glucocorticoid excess; mutations in the HSD11B2 gene explain an inherited form of hypertension, the syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess in which cortisol acts as a potent mineralocorticoid. NAD hydroxysteroid 11-beta dehydrogenase 2 Homo sapiens