Estrogen receptor expression and synthesis in the human internal thoracic artery

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-65

  Mompéo, Blanca ^a,b   Tscheuschilsuren, Geresul ^a   Aust, Gabriela ^a   Metz, Sebastian ^a   Spanel Borowski, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Estrogen receptor (ER); Heterogeneity; Internal thoracic artery; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0037253995     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(03)80011-0     Document Type: Review

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