ACE |
angiotensin converting enzyme |
Ad |
cis-acting element |
AGT |
angiotensinogen |
AMP |
adenylic acid |
Ang II |
angiotensin II; |
ARB |
AT1R blocker; |
APA |
aldosterone-producing adenoma |
APCC |
aldosterone-producing cell cluster |
ATF |
activating transcription factor |
AT1R |
type2 angiotensin II receptor |
BP |
blood pressure |
CACNA1D |
Calcium Voltage-Gated Channel Subunit Alpha1 D |
CEBP |
CCAAT enhancer binding protein |
CREB |
cyclic AMP responsive element binding protein |
CYP11B2 |
aldosterone synthase |
Epl |
eprelenone |
ESR |
estrogen receptor |
GR |
glucocorticoid receptor |
GRE |
GR element |
HCM |
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
HF |
heart failure |
HNF1A |
hepatocyte nuclear factor1 homeobox A |
HPA |
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal |
IL 6 |
interleukin 6 |
JPAS |
Japan primary aldosteronism study |
KCNJ |
potassium inwardly rectifying channel J subfamily J |
MBD |
methyl-CpG-binding domain |
MECP |
methyl-CpG-binding protein |
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 |
NS |
normal salt |
NURR1 |
nuclear receptor-related factor 1 |
PA |
primary aldosteronism |
RAAS |
renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system |
rEF |
reduced left-ventricular ejection fraction |
ReR |
renin receptor |
SETDB |
histone-lysine N-methyltransferase |
Sin3A |
SIN3 transcription regulator family member A |
SSH |
salt-sensitive hypertension |
STAT |
signal transducer and activation transcription factor |
TNF |
tumor necrosis factor |
TSS |
transcription start site |
USF |
upstream stimulatory factor |