"Aldosterone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A hormone secreted by the ADRENAL CORTEX that regulates electrolyte and water balance by increasing the renal retention of sodium and the excretion of potassium.
| Descriptor ID |
D000450
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.745.745.654.062 D06.472.040.585.353.118
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aldosterone" by people in Profiles.
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Somatic Mutations in MCOLN3 Are Associated With Aldosterone-Producing Adenomas. Hypertension. 2025 Oct; 82(10):1778-1788.
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Staining patterns of aldosterone synthase in patients undergoing surgery for primary aldosteronism: Proposal for system of categorization and investigation of clinical and biochemical correlation. Surgery. 2025 01; 177:108841.
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Somatic SLC30A1 mutations altering zinc transporter ZnT1 cause aldosterone-producing adenomas and primary aldosteronism. Nat Genet. 2023 10; 55(10):1623-1631.
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Transient gene therapy using cell cycle factors reverses renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system activation in heart failure rat model. Mol Cell Biochem. 2023 Jun; 478(6):1245-1250.
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Use of renin angiotensin aldosterone system inhibitors in children with lupus and time to glucocorticoid discontinuation. Kidney Int. 2022 08; 102(2):395-404.
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Cardiac Structure and Function Across the Spectrum of Aldosteronism: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Hypertension. 2022 09; 79(9):1984-1993.
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Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure and Aldosterone: Interaction Between the Lysine-specific Demethylase 1 Gene, Sex, and Age. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 04 19; 107(5):1294-1302.
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Genetic Predictors of Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure: The Additive Impact of 2 Hits in the Same Biological Pathway. Hypertension. 2021 12; 78(6):1809-1817.
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Association Between Aldosterone and Parathyroid Hormone Levels in Patients With Adrenocortical Tumors. Endocr Pract. 2022 Jan; 28(1):90-95.
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Id2 Represses Aldosterone-Stimulated Cardiac T-Type Calcium Channels Expression. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Mar 30; 22(7).