Cortisol is a steroid hormone in the glucocorticoid class of hormones and a stress hormone. When used as medication, it is known as hydrocortisone. It...
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The cortisol awakening response (CAR) is an increase between 38% and 75% in cortisol levels peaking 30–45 minutes after awakening in the morning in some...
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Addison's disease (redirect from Cortisol replacement)
disorder characterized by inadequate production of the steroid hormones cortisol and aldosterone by the two outer layers of the cells of the adrenal glands...
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signs and symptoms due to prolonged exposure to glucocorticoids such as cortisol. Signs and symptoms may include high blood pressure, abdominal obesity...
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Adrenal insufficiency (redirect from Low cortisol)
referred to as the adrenal cortex—normally secrete glucocorticoids (primarily cortisol), mineralocorticoids (primarily aldosterone), and androgens. These hormones...
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Alcohol and cortisol have a complex relationship. While cortisol is a stress hormone, alcoholism can lead to increased cortisol levels in the body over...
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ACTH stimulation test (redirect from Cortisol stimulation test)
anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal glands to release cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S)...
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corticosteroid metabolite that is also used as a pharmaceutical prodrug. Cortisol is converted by the action of the enzyme corticosteroid 11-beta-dehydrogenase...
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Cushing's disease (section Urinary free cortisol test)
(tertiary hypercortisolism/hypercorticism) that stimulates the synthesis of cortisol by the adrenal glands. Pituitary adenomas are responsible for 80% of endogenous...
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Glucocorticoid (redirect from Cortisol equivalent)
cortex, whereas mineralocorticoids are synthesized in the zona glomerulosa. Cortisol (or hydrocortisone) is the most important human glucocorticoid. It is essential...
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Hydrocortisone is the name for the hormone cortisol when supplied as a medication. Uses include conditions such as adrenocortical insufficiency, adrenogenital...
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Hydrocortisone acetate (redirect from Cortisol acetate)
Hydrocortisone acetate Clinical data Other names Cortisol 21-acetate Drug class Corticosteroid; Glucocorticoid Identifiers IUPAC name [2-[(8S,9S,10R,11S...
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characterized by impaired cortisol synthesis. It results from the deficiency of one of the five enzymes required for the synthesis of cortisol in the adrenal cortex...
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variety of hormones including adrenaline and the steroids aldosterone and cortisol. They are found above the kidneys. Each gland has an outer cortex which...
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enzymology, a cortisol sulfotransferase (EC 2.8.2.18) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction 3'-phosphoadenylyl sulfate + cortisol ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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} CoA + cortisol 21-acetate Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are acetyl-CoA and cortisol, whereas its two products are CoA and cortisol 21-acetate...
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Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate (redirect from Cortisol 21-hemisuccinate)
Other names Hydrocortisone hydrogen succinate; Hydrocortisone succinate; Cortisol 21-hemisuccinate; 11β,17α,21-Trihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione 21-hemisuccinate...
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corticosteroids produced by the adrenal cortex are cortisol and aldosterone. Glucocorticoids such as cortisol affect carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism...
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Ulcer (dermatology) (redirect from Cortisol ulcer)
lateral surface of the ankle or the distal digits Cortisol ulcer: caused by long term application of cortisol (steroid) topical creams to certain skin diseases...
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Transcortin (redirect from Cortisol binding globulin)
high rates: Cortisol - Approximately 90% of the cortisol in circulation is bound to transcortin. (The rest is bound to serum albumin.) Cortisol is thought...
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suppression test (DST) is used to assess adrenal gland function by measuring how cortisol levels change in response to oral doses or an injection of dexamethasone...
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downplayed during stress. Stress hormones include, but are not limited to: Cortisol, the main human stress hormone Catecholamines such as adrenaline and norepinephrine...
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testosterone–cortisol ratio describes the ratio between testosterone, the primary male sex hormone and an anabolic steroid, and cortisol, another steroid...
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rapidly stimulates the biosynthesis of corticosteroids such as cortisol from cholesterol. Cortisol is a major stress hormone and has effects on many tissues...
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mineralocorticoid that regulates the amount of salt in tissue and body fluids, cortisol, a glucocorticoid that regulates metabolism and usage of macronutrients...
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can cause an increase of cortisol-binding globulin and thereby cause the total cortisol level to be elevated. Levels of cortisol and ACTH both elevated...
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associated with a variety of biomarkers, such as salivary and blood serum cortisol, prolactin, human growth hormone (hGH), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)...
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adrenal crisis, serum cortisol, aldosterone, ACTH, renin, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate should be measured. A low cortisol level of less than 5 μg/dl...
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Glucocorticoid receptor (redirect from Cortisol receptor)
(nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 1) is the receptor to which cortisol and other glucocorticoids bind. The GR is expressed in almost every cell...
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resulting from an endocrine disorder where too much adrenocorticotropic and cortisol hormones are produced, causing toxicity. It may arise in animals as well...
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