Effects of castration on atherosclerosis in Yucatan minipigs with genetic hypercholesterolemia

BACKGROUND: Low plasma testosterone, either spontaneous or as a result of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer, is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. The underlying mechanism in humans is not understood. Experimental studies in mice have shown that castration fac...

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Autores principales: Shim, Jeong T., Schmidt, Nikolaj, Nogales, Paula, Larsen, Torben, Sørensen, Charlotte B., Bentzon, Jacob F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7274396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32502216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234131

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7274396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32502216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234131

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