Acute effects of testosterone on intracellular Ca2+ kinetics in rat coronary endothelial cells are exerted via aromatization to estrogens

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 1 56-1, 2004, Pages

  Sierra Ramírez, Alfredo ^a,b   Morato, Tomás ^c   Campos, Rafael ^a   Rubio, Iván ^a   Calzada, Claudia ^a   Méndez, Enrique ^a   Ceballos, Guillermo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P 450 aromatase; Phospolipase C ; Stereospecific

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CALCIUM ION; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FORMESTANE; FURA 2 ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C INHIBITOR; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE; TRITIUM;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONAL THERAPY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CALCIUM; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTRADIOL; ESTRENES; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; KINETICS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PYRROLIDINONES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM; WATER;

EID: 3042528679     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00784.2003     Document Type: Article

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