Six cases of ectopic ACTH syndrome / 中国实用内科杂志

1 000 nmol/L.We should search the cause of disease and perform tumor execution as soon as possible.The short-term prognosis is good.

Progress in medications of primary aldosteronism / 中国实用内科杂志

Spironolactone has been widely used in clinical treatment of PA,but its adverse effects are prominent when at large dose.So it is very important for clinicians to choose proper medications and doses for PA.With widespread use of selective aldosterone-receptor antagonists,non-aldosterone antagonists diuretic,calcium antagonists,angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin-receptor blocker in treatment of PA,clilicians now have more choice.This review introduces the progress in medications of PA in recent years.

Effect of calmodulin signal system on glycogen synthesis promoted by glimepiride / 中华内分泌代谢杂志

To investigate the effect of calmodulin (CaM) signal system on the glycogen synthesis in skeletal muscle cells from glimepiride (GM)-treated normal rats. The results showed that GM could activate CaM and CaM played a key role in GM inducing insulin-mediated glycogen synthesis.