Tazuru Fukumoto, Hironobu Umakoshi, Norifusa Iwahashi, Tatsuki Ogasawara, Maki Yokomoto-Umakoshi, Hiroki Kaneko, Masamichi Fujita, Naohiro Uchida, Hiroshi Nakao, Namiko Kawamura, Yayoi Matsuda, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takashi Miyazawa, Masahide Seki, Masatoshi Eto, Yoshinao Oda, Yutaka Suzuki, Seishi Ogawa, Yoshihiro Ogawa
BACKGROUND: The human adrenal cortex consists of three functionally and structurally distinct layers; zona glomerulosa, zona fasciculata (zF), and zona reticularis (zR), and produces adrenal steroid hormones in a layer-specific manner; aldosterone, cortisol, and adrenal androgens, respectively. Cortisol-producing adenomas (CPAs) occur mostly as a result of somatic mutations associated with the protein kinase A pathway. However, how CPAs develop after adrenocortical cells acquire genetic mutations, remains poorly understood...
March 29, 2024: EBioMedicine