Blunting of cardioprotective actions of estrogen in female rodent heart linked to altered expression of cardiac tissue chymase and ACE2

Background: Diastolic dysfunction develops in response to hypertension and estrogen (E2) loss and is a forerunner to heart failure (HF) in women. The cardiac renin–angiotensin system (RAS) contributes to diastolic dysfunction, but its role with respect to E2 and blood pressure remain unclear. Method...

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Main Authors: Jaqueline S. da Silva, Daniele Gabriel-Costa, Hao Wang, Sarfaraz Ahmad, Xuming Sun, Jasmina Varagic, Roberto T Sudo, Carlos M Ferrario, Louis J Dell Italia, Gisele Zapata-Sudo, Leanne Groban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1470320317722270