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Identification of a novel isoform of estrogen receptor, a potential inhibitor of estrogen action, in vascular smooth muscle cells.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 27 Feb 1996
Inoue S, Hoshino S, Miyoshi H, Akishita M, Hosoi T, Orimo H, Ouchi Y
Abstract excerpt
Clinical and experimental studies showed that estrogen has antiatherogenic effects. We previously demonstrated that the estrogen receptor (ER) mRNA and protein are expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) derived from rat aorta. Here, the expression of isoforms of the ER was examined in V...
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