Effects of estrus cycle, ovariectomy, and treatment with estrogen, tamoxifen, and progesterone on apolipoprotein(a) gene expression in transgenic mice

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1741-1745

  Zysow, Bernice R ^a   Kauser, Katalin ^b   Lawn, Richard M ^a   Rubanyi, Gabor M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein(a); Atherosclerosis; Estrogen; Gene regulation; Lipoprotein(a)

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PARTIAL AGONIST; PROGESTERONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIESTRUS; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART PROTECTION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; METESTRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030828467     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.9.1741     Document Type: Article

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