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Molecular basis of cell membrane estrogen receptor interaction with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in endothelial cells.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Feb 2003
Simoncini Tommaso, Rabkin Elena, Liao James K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Nontranscriptional signaling mechanisms mediate some of the biological effects of estrogen, such as the rapid actions on the blood vessels. By interacting with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), estrogen receptor (ER) alpha leads to activation of protein kinase Akt and to subsequent increase in endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity. Because PI3K is mainly a cytoplasmic complex, we studied the...
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