Estrogens and glucocorticoids inhibit endothelial vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 expression by different transcriptional mechanisms

Circulation Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-25

  Simoncini, Tommaso ^a,b,d   Maffei, Silvia ^c   Basta, Giuseppina ^c   Barsacchi, Giuseppina ^b   Genazzani, Andrea R ^b   Liao, James K ^d,e   De Caterina, Raffaele ^c  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Vascular Medicine Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecules; Estrogen; Glucocorticoid; Nuclear factor B Endothelial cells

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRAIN U937; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0034617277     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.87.1.19     Document Type: Article

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