Role of P450 aromatase in sex-specific astrocytic cell death

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-141

  Liu, Mingyue ^a   Hurn, Patricia D ^a,b   Roselli, Charles E ^b   Alkayed, Nabil J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Astrocyte; Cell death; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE; CALCEIN; DIETHYLENETRIAMINE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; OXYGEN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DEATH; CELL HYPOXIA; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33845732319     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600331     Document Type: Article

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