Androgen-induced activation of 20-HETE production may contribute to gender differences in blood pressure regulation

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 4 53-4, 2003, Pages

  Skoøtt, Ole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20 HYDROXYICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CYTOCHROME P450 4A; EPOXYICOSATRIENOIC ACID; OXYGENASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CASTRATION; CATALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TARGETING; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0037384511     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00768.2002     Document Type: Editorial

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