Selective estrogen receptor-α agonist provides widespread heart and vascular protection with enhanced endothelial progenitor cell mobilization in the absence of uterotrophic action

FASEB Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2262-2272

  Bolego, Chiara ^a   Rossoni, Giuseppe ^b   Fadini, Gian Paolo ^c   Vegeto, Elisabetta ^b   Pinna, Christian ^b   Albiero, Mattia ^c   Boscaro, Elisa ^c   Agostini, Carlo ^c   Avogaro, Angelo ^c   Gaion, Rosa Maria ^a   Cignarella, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Ischemia reperfusion; Pharmacology; Tissue selectivity

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; ANGIOTENSIN II; CREATINE KINASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DP-DT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATED HEART; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; UTERUS WEIGHT; VASODILATATION;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; AORTA; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HEART; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASODILATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 77954437747     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-139220     Document Type: Article

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