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Sex-Specific Mechanisms of Resistance Vessel Endothelial Dysfunction Induced by Cardiometabolic Risk Factors.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 16 Feb 2018
Davel Ana P, Lu Qing, Moss M Elizabeth, Rao Sitara, Anwar Imran J, DuPont Jennifer J, Jaffe Iris Z
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BACKGROUND: The incidence of obesity is rising, particularly among women. Microvascular dysfunction is more common with female sex, obesity, and hyperlipidemia and predicts adverse cardiovascular outcomes, but the molecular mechanisms are unclear. Because obesity is associated with mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) activation, we tested the hypothesis that MR in endothelial cells contribute to sex differences in...
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