Sex differences influencing micro- and macrovascular endothelial phenotype in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 596, Issue 17, 2018, Pages 3929-3949

  Huxley, Virginia H ^a,b,c   Kemp, Scott S ^a,b   Schramm, Christine ^a,b   Sieveking, Steve ^a,b   Bingaman, Susan ^a,b   Yu, Yang ^a   Zaniletti, Isabella ^a   Stockard, Kevin ^a,b   Wang, Jianjie ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; macrovascular function; Metabolism; Microvascular function; Reproductive Hormones; Sexual dimorphism; wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LACTIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLATELET ENDOTHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTATE METABOLISM; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MALE; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; MICROVASCULATURE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICROVESSELS; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 85050486987     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/JP276048     Document Type: Article

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