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Estrogen receptor expression and synthesis in the human internal thoracic artery.
Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft - 1 Jan 2003
Mompéo Blanca, Tscheuschilsuren Geresul, Aust Gabriela, Metz Sebastian, Spanel-Borowski Katharina
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The inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation is mediated through two intracellular estrogen receptors (ERs), ER-alpha and ER-beta. Deletion variants of ER-alpha have been decribed for cultures of smooth muscle cells. The internal thoracic artery is frequently used as coronary artery bypass graft, yet neither has it been studied for the expression of ER subtypes nor for the synthesis of the ERs in...
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