Article
Sex Hormones and Sex Chromosomes Cause Sex Differences in the Development of Cardiovascular Diseases.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 May 2017
Arnold Arthur P, Cassis Lisa A, Eghbali Mansoureh, Reue Karen, Sandberg Kathryn
Abstract excerpt
This review summarizes recent evidence concerning hormonal and sex chromosome effects in obesity, atherosclerosis, aneurysms, ischemia/reperfusion injury, and hypertension. Cardiovascular diseases occur and progress differently in the 2 sexes, because biological factors differing between the sexes have sex-specific protective and harmful effects. By comparing the 2 sexes directly, and breaking down sex into its...
Topics
- Animals
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Gonadal Steroid Hormones
- Health Status Disparities
- Humans
- Male
- Mice, Transgenic
