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Testosterone Protects Against Atherosclerosis in Male Mice by Targeting Thymic Epithelial Cells—Brief Report

OBJECTIVE—: Androgen deprivation therapy has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk in men. Experimental studies support that testosterone protects against atherosclerosis, but the target cell remains unclear. T cells are important modulators of atherosclerosis, and deficiency of testost...

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Autores principales: Wilhelmson, Anna S., Lantero Rodriguez, Marta, Svedlund Eriksson, Elin, Johansson, Inger, Fogelstrand, Per, Stubelius, Alexandra, Lindgren, Susanne, Fagman, Johan B., Hansson, Göran K., Carlsten, Hans, Karlsson, Mikael C.I., Ekwall, Olov, Tivesten, Åsa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6039408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29853568
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.118.311252