Androgen receptor independent cardiovascular action of the antiandrogen flutamide.

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We have previously shown that flutamide (specific antagonist of the androgen receptor) has antihypertensive effects. In the present study we examined the mechanisms of flutamide action in the vasculature. The vascular effects of flutamide were assayed in aortae isolated from male or female Sprague-Dawley rats and from rats or mice lacking a functional androgen receptor ( tfm, testicular feminization mutation)....

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