Journal article

Sex steroids modulate human aortic smooth muscle cell matrix protein deposition and matrix metalloproteinase expression

AK Natoli, TL Medley, AA Ahimastos, BG Drew, DJ Thearle, RJ Dilley, BA Kingwell

Hypertension | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2005

DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000187016.06549.96

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Keywords

Androgens
Arterial Compliance
Extracellular Matrix Proteins
Microfilament Proteins
Cardiovascular Mortality
Female
Aorta
Matrix Metalloproteinases
Progesterone
Menstrual-Cycle
Fibrillins
Cell Line
Matrix Metalloproteinase 2
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
Fibrillin-1
Humans
Sex
Postmenopausal Women
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Hormonal-Therapy
Matrix Metalloproteinase 3
Hypertensive Patients
Arterial Stiffness
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
Independent Predictor
Estradiol
Science & Technology
Collagen-Synthesis
Myocytes, Smooth Muscle
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Elastin
Testosterone
Collagen
Stiffness
Pulse-Wave Velocity