Norifusa Iwahashi, Hironobu Umakoshi, Masamichi Fujita, Tazuru Fukumoto, Tatsuki Ogasawara, Maki Yokomoto-Umakoshi, Hiroki Kaneko, Hiroshi Nakao, Namiko Kawamura, Naohiro Uchida, Yayoi Matsuda, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Masahide Seki, Yutaka Suzuki, Kohta Nakatani, Yoshihiro Izumi, Takeshi Bamba, Yoshinao Oda, Yoshihiro Ogawa
OBJECTIVE: The human adrenal cortex comprises three functionally and structurally distinct layers that produce layer-specific steroid hormones. With aging, the human adrenal cortex undergoes functional and structural alteration or "adrenal aging", leading to the unbalanced production of steroid hormones. Given the marked species differences in adrenal biology, the underlying mechanisms of human adrenal aging have not been sufficiently studied. This study was designed to elucidate the mechanisms linking the functional and structural alterations of the human adrenal cortex...
May 6, 2024: Molecular Metabolism