ACE	angiotensin converting enzyme;
Ad	cis-acting element;
AMP	adenocine monophosphate;
ARB	AT1R blocker;
APA	aldosterone-producing adenoma;
APCC	aldosterone-producing cell cluster;
ATF	activating transcription factor;
AT1R	type2 angiotensin II receptor;
CACNA1D	Calcium Voltage-Gated Channel Subunit Alpha1 D
CEBP	CCAAT enhancer binding protein;
CPA	coerisol-producing adenoma
CREB	cyclic AMP responsive element binding protein;
CYP11B1	11β-hydroxylase
CYP11B2	aldosterone synthetase;
GR	glucocorticoid receptor;
GRE	GR element;
HNF1A	hepatocyte nuclear factor1 homeobox A;
HPA	hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal;
KCNJ	potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J;
MBD	methyl-CpG-binding domain;
MECP	methyl-CpG-binding protein;
miRNA	microRNA;
Mi2	chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding protein Mi-2 homolog;
MR	mineralocorticoid receptor;
MRA	mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist;
NGFI-B	nerve growth factor-induced clone B;
NBRE-1	NGFI-B response element;
NFA	non-functioning adenoma;
NR4A	nuclear receptor 4 group A;
NURR1	nuclear receptor-related factor 1;
PA	primary aldosteronism;
RAS	renin-angiotensin system;
SETDB	histone-lysine N-methyltransferase;
Sin3A	SIN3 transcription regulator family member A;
STAT	signal transducer and activation transcription factor;
TSS	transcription start site.