ea0073s22.1 | Symposium 22: From adrenal stem cells to ACC | ECE2021
Basham Katie
The adrenal cortex functions to produce steroid hormones that are essential for life and regulate key biological processes, such as control of blood pressure, metabolism, reproduction, stress, and the immune response. In order to achieve both a rapid and precise response, the adrenal cortex employs hormonal feedforward-feedback systems that function in the context of histologically distinct adrenocortical zones. These layers, the outer zona glomerulosa (zG), intermediate zona ...