Testosterone attenuates expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 by conversion to estradiol by aromatase in endothelial cells: Implications in atherosclerosis

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

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 4055-4060

  Mukherjee, Tapan K ^a   Dinh, Hillary ^a   Chaudhuri, Gautam ^a   Nathan, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Atherosclerosisat; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELL ADHESION; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; NITRILES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; TRIAZOLES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 0037133622     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.052703199     Document Type: Article

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