2018
Aromatase and estrogen receptor immunoreactivity in the coronary arteries of monkeys and human subjects
Diano S, Horvath TL, Mor G, Register T, Adams M, Harada N, Naftolin F. Aromatase and estrogen receptor immunoreactivity in the coronary arteries of monkeys and human subjects. Menopause The Journal Of The North American Menopause Society 2018, 25: 1201-1207. PMID: 30358714, DOI: 10.1097/gme.0000000000001219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary arteryEstrogen receptor immunoreactivityAmount of atherosclerosisHuman placental estrogen synthetaseHuman subjectsSmooth muscle cellsPrecursor androgensReceptor immunoreactivityCardioprotective effectsCoronary circulationEstrogen formationEstrogen receptorArteryCardiovascular systemER αMuscle cellsEndothelial cellsEstrogenEstrogen synthetaseMonkeysFirst evidenceSubjectsCellsAtherosclerosisLocal regulation
2017
Endothelial HIF-1α Enables Hypothalamic Glucose Uptake to Drive POMC Neurons
Varela L, Suyama S, Huang Y, Shanabrough M, Tschöp M, Gao XB, Giordano FJ, Horvath TL. Endothelial HIF-1α Enables Hypothalamic Glucose Uptake to Drive POMC Neurons. Diabetes 2017, 66: db161106. PMID: 28292966, PMCID: PMC5440016, DOI: 10.2337/db16-1106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBehavior, AnimalBlotting, WesternEndotheliumEnergy MetabolismFood DeprivationGene Knockdown TechniquesGlucoseHyperphagiaHypothalamusHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitImmunohistochemistryMiceMicroscopy, ElectronMitochondriaNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesPro-OpiomelanocortinReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionConceptsPOMC neuronsGlucose uptakePOMC neuronal activityHypothalamic proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neuronsHypoxia-inducible factor-1αProopiomelanocortin neuronsVascular impairmentGlucose administrationMetabolic disordersNeuronal activityMetabolic environmentFactor-1αImpaired functioningEndothelial cellsNeuronsFood deprivationVivoCentral controlHypothalamusMiceAdministrationUptakeImpairment
1999
Aromatase and Estrogen Receptor Immunoreactivity in the Coronary Arteries of Monkeys and Human Subjects
Diano S, Horvath T, Mor G, Register T, Adams M, Harada N, Naftolin F. Aromatase and Estrogen Receptor Immunoreactivity in the Coronary Arteries of Monkeys and Human Subjects. Menopause The Journal Of The North American Menopause Society 1999, 6: 21-28. PMID: 10100176, DOI: 10.1097/00042192-199906010-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary arteryEstrogen receptor immunoreactivityAmount of atherosclerosisHuman placental estrogen synthetaseHuman subjectsSmooth muscle cellsPrecursor androgensReceptor immunoreactivityCardioprotective effectsCoronary circulationEstrogen formationER alphaEstrogen receptorArteryCardiovascular systemMuscle cellsEndothelial cellsEstrogenEstrogen synthetaseAromataseMonkeysFirst evidenceSubjectsCellsAtherosclerosis