Upregulation of estrogen receptor-α expression in rabbit cardiac allograft

Circulation Research

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 947-951

  Lou, Hong ^a   Martin, Mary Beth ^a   Stoica, Adriana ^a   Ramwell, Peter W ^a   Foegh, Marie L ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artery; Cardiac allograft; Coronary; Estrogen receptor; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032476711     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.83.9.947     Document Type: Article

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