The neuropeptide substance P regulates aldosterone secretion in human adrenals

Adrenal aldosterone production is regulated by plasma angiotensin and potassium levels. Here the authors report that the neuropeptide substance P stimulates aldosterone production via neurokinin type 1 receptors (NK1R), and report a proof-of-concept placebo controlled clinical trial showing that a N...

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Main Authors: Julien Wils, Céline Duparc, Anne-Françoise Cailleux, Antoine-Guy Lopez, Caroline Guiheneuf, Isabelle Boutelet, Hadrien-Gaël Boyer, Christophe Dubessy, Saloua Cherifi, Bruno Cauliez, Françoise Gobet, Guillaume Defortescu, Jean-François Ménard, Estelle Louiset, Hervé Lefebvre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16470-8