Main description:

Aldosterone, Volume 109, the latest release in the Vitamins and Hormones series first published in 1943, covers the field of hormone action, vitamin action, X-ray crystal structure, physiology and enzyme mechanisms, with this release focusing on topics relating to Aldosterone Research, Aldosterone and Micrornas, the Evolution of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor, Aldosterone and Kidney Micrornas, Adipocyte Mineralocorticoid Receptor, Regulation of Aldosterone Secretion, Leptin and Aldosterone, Cell- and Ligand-Specific Interactions in Mineralocorticoid Receptor Signaling, Primary Aldosteronism, Present and Future, Aldosterone-Producing Adenomas, Overexpression of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor, Aldosterone and Myocardial Pathology, and much more.

Contents:

1. Regulation of Aldosterone Signaling by MicroRNAs Michael B. Butterworth and Diego Alvarez de la Rosa 2. Evolution of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor Michael E. Baker and Yoshinao Katsu 3. Adipocyte Mineralocorticoid Receptor Marco Infante, Andrea Armani, Vincenzo Marzolla, Andrea Fabbri and Massimiliano Caprio 4. Regulation of Aldosterone Secretion Scott M. MacKenzie, Josie van Kralingen and Eleanor Davies 5. Leptin and Aldosterone Jessica L. Faulkner and Eric J. Belin de Chantemele 6. Mechanisms of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Signaling Peter J. Fuller, Jun Yang and Morag J. Young 7. Aldosterone Research: 65 Years, and Counting John W. Funder 8. Primary Aldosteronism: Present and Future John Funder 9. Aldosterone-Producing Adenomas Per Hellman, Peyman Bjoerklund and Tobias Akerstroem 10. Brain Mineralocorticoid Receptors and Resilience to Stress Sofia Kanatsou, Marian Joels and Harm Krugers 11. Aldosterone and Myocardial Pathology Alessandro Cannavo, Andrea Elia, Daniela Liccardo, Giuseppe Rengo and Walter J. Koch 12. Paracrine Regulation of Aldosterone Secretion in Physiological and Pathophysiological Conditions Herve Lefebvre, Celine Duparc, Alexandre Naccache, Antoine-Guy Lopez, Mireille Castanet and Estelle Louiset 13. Nongenomic Effects of Aldosterone Anastasia S. Mihailidou, Andreas G. Tzakos and Anthony W. Ashton 14. Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists Anneli Nordqvist and Kenneth L. Granberg 15. Aldosterone and Ion Channels William C. Valinsky, Rhian M. Touyz and Alvin Shrier 16. Inhibitors of Aldosterone Synthase Steven M. Weldon and Nicholas F. Brown 17. Aldosterone, the Mineralocorticoid Receptor and Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Disease Morag J. Young and Gail K. Adler