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17β-Estradiol Prevents Early-Stage Atherosclerosis in Estrogen Receptor-Alpha Deficient Female Mice

Estrogen is atheroprotective and a high-affinity ligand for both known estrogen receptors, ERα and ERβ. However, the role of the ERα in early-stage atherosclerosis has not been directly investigated and is incompletely understood. ERα-deficient (ERα−/−) and wild-type (ERα+/+) female mice consuming a...

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Autores principales: Villablanca, Amparo C., Tenwolde, Amy, Lee, Michael, Huck, Melissa, Mumenthaler, Shannon, Rutledge, John C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2719738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19654889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12265-009-9103-z