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Steroid hormone receptors (nomenclature as agreed by the NC-IUPHAR Subcommittee on Nuclear Hormone Receptors [1,7,20]) are nuclear hormone receptors of the NR3 class, with endogenous agonists that may be divided into 3-hydroxysteroids (estrone and 17β-estradiol) and 3-ketosteroids (dihydrotestosterone [DHT], aldosterone, cortisol, corticosterone, progesterone and testosterone). For rodent GR and MR, the physiological ligand is corticosterone rather than cortisol.
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Androgen receptor / NR3C4 C
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Glucocorticoid receptor / NR3C1
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Mineralocorticoid receptor / NR3C2 C
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Progesterone receptor / NR3C3 C
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Further reading
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Arango-Lievano M, Lambert WM, Jeanneteau F. (2015) Molecular Biology of Glucocorticoid Signaling. Adv Exp Med Biol, 872: 33-57. [PMID:26215989]
* Baker ME, Katsu Y. (2017) 30 YEARS OF THE MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR: Evolution of the mineralocorticoid receptor: sequence, structure and function. J Endocrinol, 234 (1): T1-T16. [PMID:28468932]
Bauersachs J, Jaisser F, Toto R. (2015) Mineralocorticoid receptor activation and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist treatment in cardiac and renal diseases. Hypertension, 65 (2): 257-63. [PMID:25368026]
* Carroll JS, Hickey TE, Tarulli GA, Williams M, Tilley WD. (2017) Deciphering the divergent roles of progestogens in breast cancer. Nat Rev Cancer, 17 (1): 54-64. [PMID:27885264]
Clifton VL, Cuffe J, Moritz KM, Cole TJ, Fuller PJ, Lu NZ, Kumar S, Chong S, Saif Z. (2017) Review: The role of multiple placental glucocorticoid receptor isoforms in adapting to the maternal environment and regulating fetal growth. Placenta, 54: 24-29. [PMID:28017357]
* Cohen DM, Steger DJ. (2017) Nuclear Receptor Function through Genomics: Lessons from the Glucocorticoid Receptor. Trends Endocrinol Metab, 28 (7): 531-540. [PMID:28495406]
Davey RA, Grossmann M. (2016) Androgen Receptor Structure, Function and Biology: From Bench to Bedside. Clin Biochem Rev, 37 (1): 3-15. [PMID:27057074]
* de Kloet ER, Joëls M. (2017) Brain mineralocorticoid receptor function in control of salt balance and stress-adaptation. Physiol Behav, 178: 13-20. [PMID:28089704]
de Kloet ER, Otte C, Kumsta R, Kok L, Hillegers MH, Hasselmann H, Kliegel D, Joëls M. (2016) Stress and Depression: a Crucial Role of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor. J Neuroendocrinol, 28 (8). [PMID:26970338]
* Garg D, Ng SSM, Baig KM, Driggers P, Segars J. (2017) Progesterone-Mediated Non-Classical Signaling. Trends Endocrinol Metab, 28 (9): 656-668. [PMID:28651856]
Gerbal-Chaloin S, Iankova I, Maurel P, Daujat-Chavanieu M. (2013) Nuclear receptors in the cross-talk of drug metabolism and inflammation. Drug Metab Rev, 45 (1): 122-44. [PMID:23330545]
Grimm SL, Hartig SM, Edwards DP. (2016) Progesterone Receptor Signaling Mechanisms. J Mol Biol, 428 (19): 3831-49. [PMID:27380738]
Gustafsson JA. (2016) Historical overview of nuclear receptors. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol, 157: 3-6. [PMID:25797032]
Kapoor A, Hotte SJ. (2016) Androgen receptor axis-targeted agents. Can Urol Assoc J, 10 (7-8Suppl3): S146-S148. [PMID:27895812]
Kumar R. (2016) Steroid hormone receptors and prostate cancer: role of structural dynamics in therapeutic targeting. Asian J Androl, 18 (5): 682-6. [PMID:27364545]
Li W, Li X, Zhang B, Gao C, Chen Y, Jiang Y. (2016) Current Progresses and Trends in the Development of Progesterone Receptor Modulators. Curr Med Chem, 23 (23): 2507-54. [PMID:27121188]
* Lu NZ, Wardell SE, Burnstein KL, Defranco D, Fuller PJ, Giguere V, Hochberg RB, McKay L, Renoir JM, Weigel NL, Wilson EM, McDonnell DP, Cidlowski JA. (2006) International Union of Pharmacology. LXV. The pharmacology and classification of the nuclear receptor superfamily: glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, progesterone, and androgen receptors. Pharmacol Rev, 58 (4): 782-97. [PMID:17132855]
* Lucas-Herald AK, Alves-Lopes R, Montezano AC, Ahmed SF, Touyz RM. (2017) Genomic and non-genomic effects of androgens in the cardiovascular system: clinical implications. Clin Sci, 131 (13): 1405-1418. [PMID:28645930]
Meijsing SH. (2015) Mechanisms of Glucocorticoid-Regulated Gene Transcription. Adv Exp Med Biol, 872: 59-81. [PMID:26215990]
Moss ME, Jaffe IZ. (2015) Mineralocorticoid Receptors in the Pathophysiology of Vascular Inflammation and Atherosclerosis. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 6: 153. [PMID:26441842]
Oakley RH, Cidlowski JA. (2011) Cellular processing of the glucocorticoid receptor gene and protein: new mechanisms for generating tissue-specific actions of glucocorticoids. J Biol Chem, 286 (5): 3177-84. [PMID:21149445]
Petta I, Dejager L, Ballegeer M, Lievens S, Tavernier J, De Bosscher K, Libert C. (2016) The Interactome of the Glucocorticoid Receptor and Its Influence on the Actions of Glucocorticoids in Combatting Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev, 80 (2): 495-522. [PMID:27169854]
Thomas C, Gustafsson JÅ. (2015) Progesterone receptor-estrogen receptor crosstalk: a novel insight. Trends Endocrinol Metab, 26 (9): 453-4. [PMID:26277479]
* Wadosky KM, Koochekpour S. (2017) Androgen receptor splice variants and prostate cancer: From bench to bedside. Oncotarget, 8 (11): 18550-18576. [PMID:28077788]
* Weikum ER, Knuesel MT, Ortlund EA, Yamamoto KR. (2017) Glucocorticoid receptor control of transcription: precision and plasticity via allostery. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol, 18 (3): 159-174. [PMID:28053348]
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NC-IUPHAR subcommittee and family contributors
Subcommittee members:
John Cidlowski (Liaison for all NHR subcommittees)
Derek Cain
Dean P. Edwards
Peter Fuller, BMedSci MBBS PhD FRACP
Sandra L. Grimm
Sean Hartig
Carol A. Lange
Robert H. Oakley, Ph.D.
Jennifer K. Richer
Carol A. Sartorius
Marc Tetel
Nancy Weigel, Ph.D.
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