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Variant estrogen and progesterone receptor messages in human vascular smooth muscle.
Circulation - 25 May 1999
Hodges Y K, Richer J K, Horwitz K B, Horwitz L D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Estrogens stimulate growth of breast or uterine cells but have the opposite effect on vascular smooth muscle cells, in which they protect against coronary artery disease with or without concomitant administration of progesterone. A possible cause of differences in hormone action is variable tissue-specific expression of hormone receptor. Therefore, we analyzed the structure of estrogen receptors (ERs)...
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