Nuclear mineralocorticoid receptors (MR) have high affinity but low capacity and become quickly saturated at lower glucocorticoid concentrations, whereas nuclear glucocorticoid receptors (GR) have a binding affinity an order of magnitude lower or more than MR and remain minimally occupied until hormone levels are elevated.

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  Allostasis revisited: A perception, variation, and risk framework

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• glucocorticoid receptor concept
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