mineralocorticoid
Sign in to saveMineralocorticoids are a class of corticosteroids, which in turn are a class of steroid hormones. Mineralocorticoids are produced in the adrenal cortex and influence salt and water balances (electrolyte balance and fluid balance). The primary mineralocorticoid is aldosterone.
Key facts
- Drug class.Image
- Aldosterone-2D-skeletal.svg
- Drug class.ImageClass
- skin-invert-image
- Drug class.Caption
- Aldosterone, the major endogenous mineralocorticoid
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- 250px
- Drug class.Synonyms
- Corticosteroid; Mineralocorticosteroid
- Drug class.ATC_prefix
- H02AA
- Drug class.Biological_target
- Mineralocorticoid receptor
- Drug class.Chemical_class
- Steroids
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Research
26,368 papers- Steroidal and non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in cardiorenal medicine.European heart journal · 2021
- Mineralocorticoid receptor overactivation: targeting systemic impact with non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists.Diabetologia · 2024
- Mineralocorticoid pathway in retinal health and diseases.British journal of pharmacology · 2022
- Aldosterone, Mineralocorticoid Receptor Activation, and CKD: A Review of Evolving Treatment Paradigms.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2022
- Mineralocorticoid replacement therapy in salt-wasting congenital adrenal hyperplasia.Clinical endocrinology · 2024
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- hormone
- Subclass of
- corticosteroid
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- Aldosterone-2D-skeletal.svg
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Mineralocorticoids are a class of corticosteroids, which in turn are a class of steroid hormones. Mineralocorticoids are produced in the adrenal cortex and influence salt and water balances (electrolyte balance and fluid balance). The primary mineralocorticoid is aldosterone.
==Physiology== The name mineralocorticoid derives from early observations that these hormones were involved in the retention of sodium, a mineral. The primary endogenous mineralocorticoid is aldosterone, although a number of other endogenous hormones (including progesterone and deoxycorticosterone) have mineralocorticoid function.
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