Publications

Recent Publications


1. Byrd JB, Turcu AF, Auchus RA, Primary Aldosteronism: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management, Circulation. 2018 Aug 21;138(8):823-835. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.033597.

2. Nanba AT, Wannachalee T, Shields JJ, Byrd JB, Rainey WE, Auchus RA, Turcu AF*, Adrenal Vein Sampling Lateralization Despite Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists Exposure in Primary Aldosteronism, J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Feb 1;104(2):487-492. doi: 10.1210/jc.2018-01299.

3. Basham KJ, Rodriguez S, Turcu AF, Lerario AM, Logan CY, Rysztak MR, Gomez-Sanchez CE, Breault DT, Koo BK, Clevers H, Nusse R, Val P, Hammer GD, A ZNRF3-dependent Wnt/β-catenin signaling gradient is required for adrenal homeostasis, Genes Dev. 2019 Feb 1;33(3-4):209-220. doi: 10.1101/gad.317412.118. Epub 2019 Jan 28.

4. Rege J, Turcu AF, Else T, Auchus RJ, Rainey WE., Steroid Biomarkers in Human Adrenal Disease, J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2019 Jan 29. pii: S0960-0760(18)30695-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2019.01.018. [Epub ahead of print]

5. Davis SR, Turcu AF, Robinson PJ, Bell RJ, Exogenous Testosterone Does Not Influence 11-Oxygenated C19 Steroid Concentrations in Healthy Postmenopausal Women, J Endocr Soc. 2019 Feb 4;3(3):670-677. doi: 10.1210/js.2018-00412

6. Ashikari D, Tawara S, Sato K, Mochida J, Masuda S, Mukai K, Turcu A, Nishimoto K, Yamaguchi K, Takahashi S., Ectopic adrenal adenoma causing gross hematuria: Steroidogenic enzyme profiling and literature review, IJU Case Rep. 2019 Apr 10;2(3):158-161. doi: 10.1002/iju5.12068

7. Nanba AT, Rege J, Ren J, Auchus RJ, Rainey WE, Turcu AF*, 11-Oxygenated C19 Steroids Do Not Decline with Age in Women, J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Jul 1;104(7):2615-2622. doi: 10.1210/jc.2018-02527.

8. Kotwal A, Turcu AF, Sonawane V, Bahn RS, Pittelkow M, Bridges A, Stan MN., Clinical Experience with Rituximab and Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Pretibial myxedema: A Case Series, Thyroid. 2019 May;29(5):692-699. doi: 10.1089/thy.2018.0706. Epub 2019 Apr 8.

9. Rege J, Garber S, Conley AJ, Elsey RM, Turcu AF, Auchus RJ, Rainey WE., Circulating 11-oxygenated androgens across species, J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2019 Jun;190:242-249. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2019.04.005. Epub 2019 Apr 5.

10. Wannachalee T, Turcu AF, Bancos I, Habra MA, Avram AM, Chuang HH, Waguespack SG, Auchus RJ., The Clinical Impact of [68 Ga]-DOTATATE PET/CT for the Diagnosis and Management of Ectopic Adrenocorticotropic Hormone - Secreting Tumors, Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2019 Aug;91(2):288-294. doi: 10.1111/cen.14008.

11. Wannachalee T, Zhao L, Nanba K, Nanba AT, Shields JJ, Rainey WE, Auchus RJ, Turcu AF*, Three Discrete Patterns of Primary Aldosteronism Lateralization in Response to Cosyntropin during Adrenal Vein Sampling, J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Dec 1;104(12):5867-5876. doi: 10.1210/jc.2019-01182.

12. Turcu AF*, Wannachalee T, Tsodikov A, Nanba AT, Ren J, Shields JJ, O’Day PJ, Giacherio G, Rainey WE, Auchus RA, Comprehensive Analysis of Steroid Biomarkers for Guiding Primary Aldosteronism Subtyping, Hypertension. 2020 Jan;75(1):183-192. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.13866. Epub 2019 Dec 2.

13. Adler GK, Murray GR, Turcu AF, Nian H, Yu C, Solorzano CC, Manning R, Peng D, Luther JM., Primary Aldosteronism Decreases Insulin Secretion and Increases Insulin Clearance in Humans, Hypertension. 2020 May;75(5):1251-1259. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.13922. Epub 2020 Mar 16. PubMed PMID: 32172621; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7155918.

14. Turcu AF*, Rege J, Auchus RA, and Rainey WE, 11-Oxygenated Androgens in Health and Disease, Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2020 May;16(5):284-296. doi: 10.1038/s41574-020-0336-x. Epub 2020 Mar 16.

15. Rege J, Turcu AF, Rainey WE., Primary aldosteronism diagnostics: KCNJ5 mutations and hybrid steroid synthesis in aldosterone-producing adenomas, Gland Surg. 2020 Feb;9(1):3-13. doi: 10.21037/gs.2019.10.22. Review. PubMed PMID: 32206594; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7082274.

16. Grigoryan S, Avram A, Turcu AF*, Functional Imaging in Ectopic Cushing Syndrome, Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2020 Jun;27(3):146-154. doi: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000541. PubMed PMID: 32250975.

17. Wannachalee T, Turcu AF*, Developments in Primary Aldosteronism Subtyping Using Steroid Profiling, Horm Metab Res. 2020 Jun;52(6):373-378. doi: 10.1055/a-1141-3526. Epub 2020 Apr 24.

18. Turcu AF*, El-Maouche D, Zhao L, Nanba AT, Gaynor A, Veeraraghavan P, Auchus RJ, Merke DP., Androgen Excess and Diagnostic Steroid Biomarkers for Nonclassic 21-hydroxylase Deficiency Without Cosyntropin Stimulation, Eur J Endocrinol. 2020 Jul;183(1):63-71. doi: 10.1530/EJE-20-0129.

19. Davio A, Woolcock H, Nanba AT, Rege J, O'Day P, Ren J, Zhao L, Ebina H, Auchus R, Rainey WE, Turcu AF*, Sex Differences in 11-Oxygenated Androgen Patterns across Adulthood, J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Aug 1;105(8):dgaa343. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa343.

20. El-Maouche D, Merke DP, Vogiatzi MG, Chang AY, Turcu AF, Joyal EG, Lin VH, Weintraub L, Plaunt MR, Mohideen P, Auchus RJ., A Phase 2, Multicenter Study of Nevanimibe for the Treatment of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Aug 1;105(8):dgaa381. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa381.

21. Tezuka, Y, Turcu AF*, Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists Decrease the Rates of Positive Screening for Primary Aldosteronism, Endocr Pract. 2020 Dec;26(12):1416-1424. doi: 10.4158/EP-2020-0277.

22. Turcu AF, Walch AK, A Multi Test Strategy for Adrenal Tumors, Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020 Jul 23:S2213-8587(20)30224-2. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30224-2.

23. Wannachalee T, Caoili E, Nanba K, Nanba A, Rainey WE, Shields JJ, Turcu AF*, The Concordance between Imaging and Adrenal Venous Sampling Varies with Aldosterone-Driver Somatic Mutation, J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Oct 1;105(10):dgaa482. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa482.

24. Turcu AF, Gomez-Sanchez CE, Segmental Adrenal Vein Sampling in Patients with Primary Aldosteronism-Superlative or Superfluous? Hypertension, 2020 Sep;76(3):662-664. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.14419. Epub 2020 Aug 12.

25. Torchen L, Sisk R, Legro R, Turcu AF, Auchus RJ, Dunaif A., 11-oxygenated C19 Steroids Do Not Distinguish the Hyperandrogenic Phenotype of PCOS Daughters from Girls with Obesity, J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Nov 1;105(11):e3903-9. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa532.

26. Jha S, Turcu AF, Sinaii N, Brookner B, Auchus RJ, Merke DP, 11-Oxygenated Androgens Useful in the Setting of Discrepant Conventional Biomarkers in 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency, J Endocr Soc. 2020 Dec 11;5(2):bvaa192. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvaa192. eCollection 2021 Feb 1.

27. Turcu AF, Auchus R, Approach to the Patient with Primary Aldosteronism: Utility and Limitations of Adrenal Vein Sampling, J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Dec 31:dgaa952. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa952. Online ahead of print.

28. Tezuka Y, Atsumi N, Blinder AR, Rege J, Giordano TJ, Rainey WE, Turcu AF*, The Age-Dependent Changes of the Human Adrenal Cortical Zones Are Not Congruent, J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Feb 1:dgab007. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab007. Online ahead of print.

29. Luther JM, Wei DS, Ghoshal K, Peng D, Adler GK, Turcu AF, Nian H, Yu C, Solorzano CC, Pozzi A, Brown NJ., Treatment of Primary Aldosteronism Increases Plasma Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids, Hypertension. 2021 Feb 15:HYPERTENSIONAHA12014808. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.14808. Online ahead of print.

30. Miller BS, Turcu AF., Partial adrenalectomy: Ready for primetime? Surgery, 2021 Feb 12:S0039-6060(21)00002-7. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.12.037. Online ahead of print.

31. Lim JS, Plaska SW, Rege J, Rainey WE, Turcu AF*, Aldosterone-Regulating Receptors and Aldosterone-Driver Somatic Mutations, Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Mar 16;12:644382. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.644382. eCollection 2021.

32. Tezuka Y, Turcu AF*, Real-World Effectiveness of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists in Primary Aldosteronism, Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Mar 26;12:625457. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.625457. eCollection 2021