Rapid responses to steroid hormones in the kidney.
Rapid signalling responses stimulated by steroid hormones have been detected in various tissues including the nephron. The significance of these responses in modulating the physiological effects elicited by mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids and the reproductive hormones in the kidney is now becoming more evident. This review outlines how rapid signalling responses stimulated by these hormones are coupled to the regulation of membrane transport targets that impact upon the reabsorptive and excretory functions of the kidney.
Thomas
Warren
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Department of Molecular Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
McEneaney
Victoria
V
Harvey
Brian J
BJ
D000450:Aldosterone / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000378:metabolism; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D006728:Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013256:Steroids / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D006728:Hormones; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D013256:Steroids; D000450:Aldosterone