Phytoestrogen genistein up-regulates endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression via activation of cAMP response element-binding protein in human aortic endothelial cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3190-3198

  Si, Hongwei ^a,b   Yu, Jie ^a   Jiang, Hongling ^a   Lum, Hazel ^c   Liu, Dongmin ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GENISTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHYTOESTROGEN;

AORTA; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AORTA; BINDING SITES; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENISTEIN; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYTOESTROGENS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SERINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84862742029     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1076     Document Type: Article

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