Estrogen modulates the mechanical homeostasis of mouse arterial vessels through nitric oxide

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Guo, Xiaomei ^a   Lu, Xiao ^a   Ren, Huimin ^b   Levin, Ellis R ^c   Kassab, Ghassan S ^a,d  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Nitrite; Ovariectomy; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTROGEN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VASODILATATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OVARIECTOMY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 33646435537     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01070.2005     Document Type: Article

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