Testosterone inhibits early atherogenesis by conversion to estradiol: Critical role of aromatase

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 3589-3593

  Nathan, Lauren ^a   Shi, Weibin ^a,b   Dinh, Hillary ^a   Mukherjee, Tapan K ^a   Wang, Xuping ^a,b   Lusis, Aldons J ^a,b   Chaudhuri, Gautam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastrazole; Androgens; Atherosclerosis; Estrogen; Mice

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ESTRADIOL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORCHIECTOMY; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035853043     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.051003698     Document Type: Article

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