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William E. Rainey is a researcher affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their work spans multiple intersecting domains within medicine and biological sciences, focusing extensively on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The main fields of study for this scientist include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, they concentrate particularly on the following subfields:

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Surgery
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cancer Research

Their primary topics of research encompass a range of hormonal and adrenal system studies:

  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
  • Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Sexual Differentiation and Disorders

Rainey's publication record features numerous scientific articles in several key journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Hypertension
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Rainey illustrate their research interests and contributions. These include:

  • "International Histopathology Consensus for Unilateral Primary Aldosteronism" (2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)
  • "11-Oxygenated androgens in health and disease" (2020, Nature Reviews Endocrinology)
  • "Genetic, Cellular, and Molecular Heterogeneity in Adrenals With Aldosterone-Producing Adenoma" (2020, Hypertension)
  • "Somatic CACNA1H Mutation As a Cause of Aldosterone-Producing Adenoma" (2020, Hypertension)
  • "Sex Differences in 11-Oxygenated Androgen Patterns Across Adulthood" (2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)

Rainey has collaborated extensively with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Juilee Rege
  • Adina F. Turcu
  • Thomas J. Giordano
  • Aaron M. Udager
  • Kazutaka Nanba

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive Pan-Genomic Characterization of Adrenocortical Carcinoma

    Zheng S;Cherniack Ad;Cherniack Ad;Dewal N;Moffitt Ra

  • Inhibin-B: A likely candidate for the physiologically important form of inhibin in men

    Peter J. Illingworth;Nigel P. Groome;William Byrd;William E. Rainey

  • Acute and Chronic Regulation of Aldosterone Production

    Namita G. Hattangady;Lawrence O. Olala;Wendy B. Bollag;Wendy B. Bollag;William E. Rainey

  • Dissecting human adrenal androgen production.

    William E. Rainey;Bruce R. Carr;Hironobu Sasano;Takashi Suzuki

  • Metformin directly inhibits androgen production in human thecal cells

    George R Attia;William E Rainey;Bruce R Carr

  • Aldosterone-stimulating somatic gene mutations are common in normal adrenal glands

    Koshiro Nishimoto;Scott A. Tomlins;Rork Kuick;Andi K. Cani

  • Development of monoclonal antibodies against human CYP11B1 and CYP11B2

    Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez;Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez;Xin Qi;Carolina Velarde-Miranda;Maria W. Plonczynski

  • Immunohistochemical Localization of Type 1 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase in Human Tissues1

    Marie L. Ricketts;Julie M. Verhaeg;Iwona Bujalska;Alexander J. Howie

  • Ovarian granulosa cell lines

    Jon C. Havelock;William E. Rainey;Bruce R. Carr

  • Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Human Adrenal Vein 19-Carbon Steroids Before and After ACTH Stimulation

    Juilee Rege;Yasuhiro Nakamura;Fumitoshi Satoh;Ryo Morimoto

  • The regulation of aldosterone synthase expression.

    Mary H. Bassett;Perrin C. White;William E. Rainey

  • Angiotensin II and potassium regulate human CYP11B2 transcription through common cis-elements.

    Colin D. Clyne;Yin Zhang;Liliya Slutsker;J. Michael Mathis

  • The orphan nuclear receptors NURR1 and NGFIB regulate adrenal aldosterone production.

    Mary H. Bassett;Takashi Suzuki;Hironobu Sasano;Perrin C. White

  • Developmental changes in steroidogenic enzymes in human postnatal adrenal cortex: Immunohistochemical studies

    Takashi Suzuki;Hironobu Sasano;Junji Takeyama;Chika Kaneko

  • Adrenal-derived 11-oxygenated 19-carbon steroids are the dominant androgens in classic 21-hydroxylase deficiency

    Adina F Turcu;Aya T Nanba;Robert Chomic;Sunil K Upadhyay

  • 3β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase/Isomerase in the Fetal Zone and Neocortex of the Human Fetal Adrenal Gland

    Kathleen M. Doody;Kathleen M. Doody;Bruce R. Carr;William E. Rainey;William E. Rainey;William Byrd;William Byrd

  • ACTH induces up-regulation of ACTH receptor mRNA in mouse and human adrenocortical cell lines

    Kathleen G. Mountjoy;Ian M. Bird;William E. Rainey;Roger D. Cone

  • Expression profiles of SF-1, DAX1, and CYP17 in the human fetal adrenal gland: potential interactions in gene regulation.

    Neil A. Hanley;William E. Rainey;David I. Wilson;Stephen G. Ball

  • Angiotensin II Activation of Cyclin D1-dependent Kinase Activity *

    Genichi Watanabe;Richard J. Lee;Chris Albanese;William E. Rainey

  • Erratum: Comprehensive Pan-Genomic Characterization of Adrenocortical Carcinoma (Cancer Cell (2016) 29(5) (723–736) (S153561081630160X) (10.1016/j.ccell.2016.04.002))

    Siyuan Zheng;Andrew D. Cherniack;Ninad Dewal;Richard A. Moffitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Hironobu Sasano
Hironobu Sasano Tohoku University
Thomas J. Giordano
Thomas J. Giordano University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez
Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez University of Mississippi Medical Center
Scott A. Tomlins
Scott A. Tomlins University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sadayoshi Ito
Sadayoshi Ito Tohoku University
Bruce R. Carr
Bruce R. Carr The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Felix Beuschlein
Felix Beuschlein University of Zurich
Takashi Suzuki
Takashi Suzuki Tohoku University
Martin Reincke
Martin Reincke Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Franco Mantero
Franco Mantero University of Padua

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