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ey0015.8-4 | New Mechanisms | ESPEYB15

8.4 Dynamic responses of the adrenal steroidogenic regulatory network

F Spiga , E Zavala , JJ Walker , Z Zhao , JR Terry , SL Lightman

To read the full abstract: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017; 114(31): E6466-E6474Cortisol production is tightly regulated in a dynamic way within the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal system, which seems further embedded in a wider steroidogenic regulatory network (SRN). Normally, the connection from ACTH to cortisol production is in line with the HPA axis, but there are stressful events, in which t...