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

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