title: Progesterone: not just a sex hormone anymore?
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Renal Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. cswingo@ufl.edu
authors.forename: Charles S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Wingo
authors.forename: Megan M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Greenlee
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D017419:Potassium, Dietary / Q000378:metabolism*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D017419:Potassium, Dietary; D011374:Progesterone