Aromatase and sex steroid receptors in human vena cava

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-242

  Sasano, Hironobu ^a   Murakami, Hiroshi ^a   Shizawa, Soichirou ^a   Satomi, Susumu ^a   Nagura, Hiroshi ^a   Harada, Nobuhiro ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estrogen; Human; Receptor; Vein

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRONE; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0033061126     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.46.233     Document Type: Article

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