Differential effects of 17β-estradiol and testosterone on the contractile responses of porcine coronary arteries

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1301-1308

  Teoh, Hwee ^a,b   Quan, Adrian ^a,b   Leung, Susan W S ^a   Man, Ricky Y K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Endothelium; Smooth muscle; Swine; Testosterone; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DACTINOMYCIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ESTRADIOL; FLUTAMIDE; FULVESTRANT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIESTROGEN; CYPROTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; KREBS RINGER SOLUTION; KREBS-RINGER SOLUTION; TESTOSTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; ANIMAL; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CORONARY VESSELS; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYPROTERONE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIN-1; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEROTONIN; SWINE; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0033624868     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703164     Document Type: Article

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