Progesterone: not just a sex hormone anymore?
editorial · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 21760599.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/ki.2011.131.
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Abstract
The adrenal cortex synthesizes many steroids, but the mineralocorticoid aldosterone and the glucocorticoids cortisol and corticosteroid have been viewed as the principal steroids responsible for regulation of renal electrolyte excretion. A study by Elabida et al. challenges that paradigm and suggests that progesterone, classically viewed as a sex steroid, also participates in renal electrolyte balance.
Medical subject headings
- Adrenal Glands
- Hypokalemia
- Kidney
- Potassium, Dietary
- Progesterone