Physiological effects of androgens on human vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells in culture

Steroids

Volumn 76, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1590-1596

  Nheu, Lina ^a   Nazareth, Lester ^a   Xu, Guo Ying ^a   Xiao, Fu Ying ^a   Luo, Rui Zhi ^a   Komesaroff, Paul ^a   Ling, Shanhong ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgens; Dehydroepiandrosteredione; Dihydrotestosterone; Testosterone; Vascular endothelial cells; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUTAMIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PRASTERONE; SUPEROXIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTANES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLLAGEN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 81155134628     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: 18785867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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