Androgen receptor expression is greater in macrophages from male than from female donors: A sex difference with implications for atherogenesis

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 224-226

  McCrohon, Jane A ^a   Death, Alison K ^b   Nakhla, Shirley ^a   Jessup, Wendy ^a   Handelsman, David J ^b   Stanley, Keith K ^a   Celermajer, David S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cells; Hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; HYDROXYFLUTAMIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034711683     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.3.224     Document Type: Article

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