Eleanor Davies

British Heart Foundation, Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, United Kingdom

Eleanor Davies is a Senior Research Fellow and Honorary Non-Clinical Lecturer in Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences at the University of Glasgow 

Dr Davies’ main research interests are the role of the steroid hormones aldosterone and cortisol in cardiovascular disease. These hormones are made in the adrenal gland by the enzymes aldosterone synthase and 11B-hydroxylase and are encoded by the CYP11B2 and CYP11B1 genes respectively.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Diabetes & Endocrinology > Adrenal Cortex (since 11 November 2005)

Links

http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/glasgowcardiovascularresearchcentre/research/mrccardiovascularresearchgroup/staff/dreleanordavies/

All recent recommendations

• 3.0
  The association between the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and arterial stiffness in young healthy subjects.
  Recommended by Eleanor Davies with Scott MacKenzie
  
• 3.2
  TASK channel deletion in mice causes primary hyperaldosteronism.
  Recommended by William Rainey with Christine Rigsby and Edson Nogueira, Eleanor Davies
  
• 6.0
  Salt-sensitive blood pressure in mice with increased expression of aldosterone synthase.
  Recommended by Eleanor Davies
  
• 3.0
  11beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Regulation by Intracellular Glucose 6-Phosphate Provides Evidence for a Novel Link between Glucose Metabolism and Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Function.
  Recommended by Eleanor Davies
  
• 6.0
  Clinical and genetic correlates of aldosterone-to-renin ratio and relations to blood pressure in a community sample.
  Recommended by Eleanor Davies
  
• 6.0
  High plasma aldosterone levels on admission are associated with death in patients presenting with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
  Recommended by Eleanor Davies
  
• 3.0
  A common polymorphism in the mineralocorticoid receptor modulates stress responsiveness.
  Recommended by Eleanor Davies
  
• 8.0
  A genome-wide scan identifies mutations in the gene encoding phosphodiesterase 11A4 (PDE11A) in individuals with adrenocortical hyperplasia.
  Recommended by Eleanor Davies, Wiebke Arlt
  
• 3.0
  Abnormalities of the hippocampus are similar in deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt hypertensive rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats.
  Recommended by Eleanor Davies
  
• 3.0
  Deoxycorticosterone inactivation by AKR1C3 in human mineralocorticoid target tissues.
  Recommended by Eleanor Davies
  
• 6.0
  Hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase knock-out mice lack 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1-mediated glucocorticoid generation.
  Recommended by Eleanor Davies
  
• 3.0
  Elevated expression of luteinizing hormone receptor in aldosterone-producing adenomas.
  Recommended by Eleanor Davies