Dihydrotestosterone attenuates hypoxia inducible factor-1α and cyclooxygenase-2 in cerebral arteries during hypoxia or hypoxia with glucose deprivation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Zuloaga, Kristen L ^a,b   Gonzales, Rayna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Inflammation; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GLUCOSE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CASTRATED MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG BINDING; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CELL HYPOXIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 80355139286     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00446.2011     Document Type: Article

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