The role of aldosterone in the metabolic syndrome

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-172

  Briet, Marie ^a   Schiffrin, Ernesto L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Cardiovascular fibrosis; Glomerulosclerosis; Hypertension; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Obesity; Salt load

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROCALCITONIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY INJURY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER FUNCTION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SALT LOADING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALDOSTERONE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID;

EID: 79955974994     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-011-0182-2     Document Type: Review

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