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Lawrence P. Brett

Researcher at Western General Hospital

Publications -  6
Citations -  1719

Lawrence P. Brett is an academic researcher from Western General Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Corticosterone & Mineralocorticoid receptor. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 6 publications receiving 1695 citations.

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LOCALISATION OF 11β-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE—TISSUE SPECIFIC PROTECTOR OF THE MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR

TL;DR: Findings seem to explain why sodium retention, hypokalaemia, and hypertension develop in subjects with congenital deficiency of 11 beta-OHSD and those in whom the enzyme has been inhibited by liquorice.
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Cloning and production of antisera to human placental 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2.

TL;DR: 11 beta-HSD2 transcripts are expressed in fetal kidney at 21-26 weeks, suggesting that an 11 beta- HSD2 distribution resembling that in the adult is established by this stage in human development.
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Potentiation of hydrocortisone activity in skin by glycyrrhetinic acid.

TL;DR: The enzyme 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-OHSD) was demonstrated by immunohistochemistry in skin biopsy samples from healthy volunteers and from patients with psoriasis and eczema as mentioned in this paper.
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1lβ-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase in Vascular Smooth Muscle and Heart: Implications for Cardiovascular Responses to Glucocorticoids

TL;DR: 11 beta-OHSD is appropriately sited to modulate access of corticosterone to vascular receptors and could influence vascular resistance, cardiac output and thereby blood pressure.
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Distribution of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors and 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases in human and rat ocular tissues.

TL;DR: The purpose of this study was to determine the distribution of glucocorticoid target receptors and the isozymes of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-HSD) that regulate the activity of glucOCorticoids at a prereceptor level in human and rat ocular tissues.