“…Ion channels (e.g., ENaC and KCNE1/KCNQ1), carriers (such as NCC and NHE3), Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase, enzymes (including GSK3), and transcription factors or regulators (including forkhead box O 3a (FOXO3a), NF-kappaB, b-catenin and p27) are extensively regulated by SGK1 (6). Thus, SGK1 impacts a wide variety of physiological functions (7) and plays an active role in the pathophysiology of several disorders, including hypertension (8), diabetes (9), inflammation (10), autoimmune disease (11), and tumor growth (12). SGK1 belongs to the "AGC" subfamily of protein kinases, containing 60 members, including PKA, PKG, and PKC, which all share a conserved catalytic kinase domain (13).…”