Title : Different polymorphisms of the mineralocorticoid receptor gene are associated with either glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid levels in hypertension.

Pub. Date : 2012 Sep

PMID : 22723323






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1 Polymorphisms in the MR gene have been inconsistently shown to be associated with risk of hypertension and aldosterone and cortisol levels. Hydrocortisone nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 2 Homo sapiens
2 The purpose of this project was to investigate the association of MR gene variants with serum aldosterone and a previously identified hypertension subgroup with higher urinary free cortisol (UFC) levels (high-mode UFC) in a rigorously phenotyped Caucasian hypertensive cohort. Hydrocortisone nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 2 Homo sapiens