The vascular protective effects of estrogen

FASEB Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 615-624

  Farhat, Michel Y ^a   Lavigne, Mark C ^a   Ramwell, Peter W ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

endothelium; estrogen receptor; vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN;

ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY MUSCLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HEART PROTECTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029962414     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.10.5.8621060     Document Type: Review

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