Endocrine Abstracts

The mineralocorticoid hormone aldosterone is secreted by the adrenal cortex. It plays a major role in maintaining water and electrolyte balance and hence blood pressure homeostasis by the kidneys. The aldosterone synthesizing zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex is a highly vascularized region. This allows a complex and articulated interaction between the steroidogenic cells and the vascular endothelial cells regulating the hormonal output.In this stud...