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11beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in the heart of normotensive and hypertensive rats.
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 Feb 2005
Mazancová Karla, Kopecký Martin, Miksík Ivan, Pácha Jirí
Abstract excerpt
Corticosteroids have been shown to play a role in cardiac remodeling, with the possibility of a direct effect of overexpression of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11HSD) isoform 2 at the level of the cardiomyocytes. The aim of this study was to examine cardiac steroid metabolism in hypertensive rats with hearts that are hypertrophied and fibrotic and have structural alterations in the coronary circulation....
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