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Pharmacologic blockade and genetic deletion of androgen receptor attenuates aortic aneurysm formation.
Journal of vascular surgery - 1 Jun 2016
Davis John P, Salmon Morgan, Pope Nicolas H, Lu Guanyi, Su Gang, Meher Akshaya, Ailawadi Gorav, Upchurch Gilbert R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Testosterone is theorized to play a major role in the pathophysiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) because this disease occurs primarily in men. The role of the androgen receptor (AR) in the formation of AAAs has not been well elucidated, and therefore, it is hypothesized that androgen blockade will attenuate experimental aortic aneurysm formation. METHODS: Aortas of 8- to 12-week-old male...
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