Methylation of the estrogen receptor gene is associated with aging and atherosclerosis in the cardiovascular system

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 985-991

  Post, Wendy S ^a   Goldschmidt Clermont, Pascal J ^a,b,d   Wilhide, Calvin C ^a,b   Heldman, Alan W ^a   Sussman, Mark S ^c   Ouyang, Pamela ^a   Milliken, Emily E ^a   Issa, Jean Pierre J ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Atherosclerosis; DNA methylation; Hormones; Receptors

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

AGING; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VASCULAR TISSUE;

AGING; AORTA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELLS, CULTURED; CORONARY DISEASE; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 0032831285     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00153-4     Document Type: Article

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