Adrenal gland diseases articles within Nature Communications

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  28 February 2023 | Open Access

  Genomic and immune landscape Of metastatic pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma

  The molecular mechanisms underlying metastasis in pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (mPPGL) remain to be explored. Here, the authors perform genomic and immunogenomic profiling of mPPGL tumors and suggest potential biomarkers for risk of metastasis and immunotherapy response.

  • Bruna Calsina
  • , Elena Piñeiro-Yáñez
  •  & Mercedes Robledo

• Article
  03 September 2022 | Open Access

  Identification of risk loci for primary aldosteronism in genome-wide association studies

  Detection of primary aldosteronism, the most common form of secondary arterial hypertension, is essential for targeted management and prevention of cardiovascular complications. Here, the authors identify genetic loci associated with primary aldosteronism, suggesting new mechanisms of disease.

  • Edith Le Floch
  • , Teresa Cosentino
  •  & Maria-Christina Zennaro

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  24 March 2022 | Open Access

  Adrenal tropism of SARS-CoV-2 and adrenal findings in a post-mortem case series of patients with severe fatal COVID-19

  Progressive respiratory failure is the primary cause of death in patients with COVID-19, but pathologies in other tissues may also occur. Here the authors report that adrenal tropism of SARS-CoV-2 is associated with adrenalitis, reduced adrenal cortisol levels and severe adrenal damage in a post-mortem case series of patients with severe fatal COVID-19.

  • Tanja Paul
  • , Stephan Ledderose
  •  & Martina Rudelius

• Article
  11 February 2021 | Open Access

  GWAS for autoimmune Addison’s disease identifies multiple risk loci and highlights AIRE in disease susceptibility

  Autoimmune Addison’s disease is a rare complex disease, which has not yet been characterized by non-biased genetic studies. Here, the authors perform the first GWAS for the disease, identifying nine loci including two coding variants in the gene Autoimmune Regulator (AIRE).

  • Daniel Eriksson
  • , Ellen Christine Røyrvik
  •  & Eystein Sverre Husebye

• Article
  14 November 2019 | Open Access

  Elevated aldosterone and blood pressure in a mouse model of familial hyperaldosteronism with ClC-2 mutation

  Mutations in the chloride channel ClC-2 have been associated with familial forms of hyperaldosteronism. Here, Schewe et al. generated a mouse model carrying the most common mutation found in patients and find it recapitulates key features of the disease, providing a unique tool for future studies on its pathogenesis.

  • Julia Schewe
  • , Eric Seidel
  •  & Ute Scholl

• Article
  15 October 2019 | Open Access

  Pathogenesis of hypertension in a mouse model for human CLCN2 related hyperaldosteronism

  Mutations in the chloride channel ClC-2 have been found in primary aldosteronism (PA). Here, Göppner et al. generate transgenic mice expressing a mutant form of ClC-2 that displays increased chloride currents like patient mutations, and find it recapitulates the key pathological features of PA.

  • Corinna Göppner
  • , Ian J. Orozco
  •  & Thomas J. Jentsch

• Article
  07 February 2017 | Open Access

  Armc5 deletion causes developmental defects and compromises T-cell immune responses

  Mutations in ARMC5 are associated with risk of primary macronodular adrenal gland hyperplasia. Here the authors show that mice lacking Armc5 have adrenal gland hyperplasia and defective T-cell proliferation, differentiation, survival andin vivoT-cell-mediated immune responses.

  • Yan Hu
  • , Linjiang Lao
  •  & Jiangping Wu