A mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA or MCRA) or aldosterone antagonist, is a diuretic drug which antagonizes the action of aldosterone at mineralocorticoid...
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The mineralocorticoid receptor (or MR, MLR, MCR), also known as the aldosterone receptor or nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 2, (NR3C2) is...
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potassium levels. The effects of mineralocorticoids are mediated by slow genomic mechanisms through nuclear receptors as well as by fast nongenomic mechanisms...
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Spironolactone (category Pregnane X receptor agonists)
acute symptoms of heart failure, the role of diuretics in the mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists’ class such as spironolactone is to reduce mortality...
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associated with type 2 diabetes. Finerenone is a non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist. It is taken orally (swallowed by mouth). Common side...
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Aldosterone (redirect from Receptors, aldosterone)
potassium (K+) levels. It does so primarily by acting on the mineralocorticoid receptors in the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the nephron. It...
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concentrations can cross-react and activate the mineralocorticoid receptor due to the non-selectivity of the receptor, leading to aldosterone-like effects in...
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Amlodipine has additionally been found to act as an antagonist of the mineralocorticoid receptor, or as an antimineralocorticoid. Amlodipine has been studied in...
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spirolactone group and a selective aldosterone receptor antagonist (SARA). Eplerenone and other mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists have been demonstrated to...
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Corticosteroids act as agonists of the glucocorticoid receptor and/or the mineralocorticoid receptor.[citation needed] In addition to their corticosteroid...
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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (section Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs))
ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, beta blockers, and angiotensin receptor blockers is employed, but does not have a proven benefit in HFpEF patients...
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additional therapies such as ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, and inotropes may be utilized. Despite...
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Membrane mineralocorticoid receptors (mMRs) or membrane aldosterone receptors are a group of receptors which bind and are activated by mineralocorticoids such...
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Prednisone (category Mineralocorticoids)
blood glucose, such as tacrolimus) and mineralocorticoid effects such as fluid retention. The mineralocorticoid effects of prednisone are minor, which...
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Estrogen receptor-β (ERβ; NR3A2, ESR2) Group C: 3-Ketosteroid receptors 1: Glucocorticoid receptor (GR; NR3C1) (Cortisol) 2: Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR;...
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Fludrocortisone (category Mineralocorticoids)
pregnancy is safe for the fetus is unknown. Fludrocortisone is mostly a mineralocorticoid, but it also has glucocorticoid effects. Fludrocortisone was patented...
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Nimodipine has additionally been found to act as an antagonist of the mineralocorticoid receptor, or as an antimineralocorticoid. The key acetoacetate (2) for...
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Felodipine has additionally been found to act as an antagonist of the mineralocorticoid receptor, or as an antimineralocorticoid. Different calcium channels are...
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receptor. Glucocorticoid receptor has been shown to interact with: BAG1, CEBPB, CREBBP, DAP3, DAXX, HSP90AA1, HNRPU, MED1, MED14, Mineralocorticoid receptor...
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Both aldosterone and cortisol have a similar affinity for the mineralocorticoid receptor; however, there is vastly more cortisol in circulation than aldosterone...
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antagonist of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), the receptor for aldosterone, with greater than 1,000-fold selectivity for this receptor over other steroid...
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functions are carried out by cortisol binding to glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid receptors inside a cell, which then bind to DNA to affect gene expression...
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methylprednisolone has a higher affinity to glucocorticoid receptors than to mineralocorticoid receptors. Glucocorticoid's name was derived after the discovery...
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affinity to the progesterone receptor (PR) and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), with lower affinity to the androgen receptor (AR), and with very low affinity...
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the treatment of hypertension. Aldosterone receptor antagonists, also known as mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) can lower blood pressure by...
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Mometasone (category Mineralocorticoids)
very potent agonist of the progesterone receptor as well as a partial agonist of the mineralocorticoid receptor. Mometasone, like other corticosteroids...
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angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), or angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors, along with beta blockers, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists...
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Nifedipine (category Glycine receptor antagonists)
Nifedipine has additionally been found to act as an antagonist of the mineralocorticoid receptor, or as an antimineralocorticoid. Nifedipine (initially BAY a1040...
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Balcinrenone (category Receptor modulators)
experimental selective mineralocorticoid receptor modulator developed by AstraZeneca for heart failure. Compared to mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, it...
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