 Adrenal Cortex
"Adrenal Cortex" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The outer layer of the adrenal gland. It is derived from MESODERM and comprised of three zones (outer ZONA GLOMERULOSA, middle ZONA FASCICULATA, and inner ZONA RETICULARIS) with each producing various steroids preferentially, such as ALDOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; and ANDROSTENEDIONE. Adrenal cortex function is regulated by pituitary ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN.
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D000302
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A06.407.071.140
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| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adrenal Cortex" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Dufour D, Dumontet T, Sahut-Barnola I, Carusi A, Onzon M, Pussard E, Wilmouth JJ, Olabe J, Lucas C, Levasseur A, Damon-Soubeyrand C, Pointud JC, Roucher-Boulez F, Tauveron I, Bossis G, Yeh ET, Breault DT, Val P, Lefran?ois-Martinez AM, Martinez A. Loss of SUMO-specific protease 2 causes isolated glucocorticoid deficiency by blocking adrenal cortex zonal transdifferentiation in mice. Nat Commun. 2022 12 21; 13(1):7858.
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