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. 2021 Apr 27;22(9):4587. doi: 10.3390/ijms22094587
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