Sex Chromosome Complement Defines Diffuse Versus Focal Angiotensin II-Induced Aortic Pathology

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 143-153

  Alsiraj, Yasir ^a   Thatcher, Sean E ^a   Blalock, Eric ^a   Fleenor, Bradley ^b   Daugherty, Alan ^a,b   Cassis, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Department of Kinesiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

aneurysm; aorta; pathology; sex chromosomes; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 1 A1; GELATINASE A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SRY PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTIC ANEURYSM; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CASTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR DISEASE; XX MALE; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; METABOLISM; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTOR; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; VASCULAR REMODELING; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORCHIECTOMY; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, LDL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; VASCULAR REMODELING; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 85039425413     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.117.310035     Document Type: Article

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