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    Aldosterone synthase, also called steroid 18-hydroxylase, corticosterone 18-monooxygenase or P450C18, is a steroid hydroxylase cytochrome P450 enzyme involved...
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    18-hydroxylation functions), but aldosterone synthase is also able to perform an 18-oxidation. Moreover, aldosterone synthase is found within the zona glomerulosa...
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  • aldosteronism also describable as aldosterone synthase hyperactivity, is an autosomal dominant disorder in which the increase in aldosterone secretion produced by...
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    enzyme aldosterone synthase (also known as CYP11B2). Aldosterone is largely responsible for the long-term regulation of blood pressure. Aldosterone's effects...
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    inhibitors. Primary aldosterone deficiency Primary adrenal insufficiency Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (21 but not 11β and 17) Aldosterone synthase deficiency...
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    Spironolactone (category Aldosterone synthase inhibitors)
    3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, 11β-hydroxylase, 21-hydroxylase, and aldosterone synthase (18-hydroxylase). However, although very high doses of spironolactone...
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    that is being evaluated for the treatment of hypertension. It is an aldosterone synthase inhibitor. "Baxdrostat - CinCor Pharma". AdisInsight. Springer Nature...
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    main site for production of aldosterone, a mineralocorticoid, by the action of the enzyme aldosterone synthase. Aldosterone plays an important role in...
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    18-hydroxylation functions), but aldosterone synthase is also able to perform an 18-oxidation. Moreover, aldosterone synthase is found within the zona glomerulosa...
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    primary hyperaldosteronism, refers to the excess production of the hormone aldosterone from the adrenal glands, resulting in low renin levels and high blood...
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    excretion, increase water reabsorption through osmosis. The enzyme aldosterone synthase (also known as CYP11B2) acts in this location The expression of neuron-specific...
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  • Lorundrostat (category Aldosterone synthase inhibitors)
    Lorundrostat (developmental name MLS 101) is an aldosterone synthase inhibitor developed by Mineralys Therapeutics for high blood pressure. In clinical...
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    hydroxylated via 11β-hydroxylase (CYP11B1) and to a lesser extent via aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) into 11β-hydroxyprogesterone. In addition, progesterone...
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    expressed at high levels and is regulated by ACTH, while CYP11B2 (aldosterone synthase) is usually expressed at low levels and is regulated by angiotensin...
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    Mitotane (category Aldosterone synthase inhibitors)
    CYP11A1), and also of 11β-hydroxylase (CYP11B1), 18-hydroxylase (aldosterone synthase, CYP11B2), and 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3β-HSD) to a lesser...
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  • cleavage enzyme; P450scc) CYP11B1 (steroid 11β-hydroxylase) CYP11B2 (aldosterone synthase) CYP17A1 (steroid 17α-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase) CYP19A1 (aromatase)...
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    11β-hydroxylase (CYP11B1) enzyme, and, to a lesser extent, by the aldosterone synthase enzyme (CYP11B2). Along with its epimer 11α-hydroxyprogesterone (11α-OHP)...
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  • and are used in the diagnosis and treatment of Cushing's syndrome. Aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) inhibitors such as metyrapone, mitotane, and osilodrostat...
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    Aminoglutethimide (category Aldosterone synthase inhibitors)
    cortisol, respectively. Aldosterone synthase (18-hydroxylase; CYP11B2). Prevents the conversion of corticosterone into aldosterone. As such, AG is an estrogen...
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  • called aldosterone synthase, which helps produce aldosterone. When CYP11B1 and CYP11B2 are abnormally fused together, too much aldosterone synthase is produced...
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    17α-Hydroxylase – androgen and glucocorticoid synthesis 18-Hydroxylase (aldosterone synthase) – mineralocorticoid synthesis 21-Hydroxylase – corticosteroid synthesis...
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  • In primary aldosteronism there is a clear relationship between the aldosterone-induced sodium retention and the hypertension. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia...
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    Osilodrostat (category Aldosterone synthase inhibitors)
    syndrome). It specifically acts as a potent and selective inhibitor of aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) and at higher dosages of 11β-hydroxylase (CYP11B1). In...
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    sampling. In aldosterone-producing adrenocortical adenoma (APA), which is the main cause of primary aldosteronism, the enzyme aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2)...
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    by 11β-hydroxylase. Corticosterone is then converted to aldosterone by aldosterone synthase. Most of the DOC is secreted by the zona fasciculata of the...
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    adrenocortical cells, downregulating aldosterone synthase, CYP11B1, and the production of adrenal steroids (i.e. aldosterone and cortisol). Glutamate does not...
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    in part be mediated by direct inactivation of 11β-hydroxylase and aldosterone synthase (18-hydroxylase), enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of mineralocorticoids...
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    18-Hydroxycorticosterone serves as an intermediate in the synthesis of aldosterone by the enzyme aldosterone synthase in the zona glomerulosa. It is also an intermediate...
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    Pseudohyperaldosteronism Glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism Aldosterone and aldosterone synthase Maria New Palermo, Mario; Quinkler, Marcus; Stewart, Paul...
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    Efonidipine (category Aldosterone synthase inhibitors)
    excretion from the kidneys by suppressing aldosterone synthesis and secretion from the adrenal glands. Aldosterone induced renal parenchymal fibrosis is suppressed...
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