The Effect of Testosterone on the Amount of Nitric Oxide and Stromal Cell-derived Factor-1α in Peripheral Circulation of Female Wistar Rats

Background: Recent therapeutic advances in cardiovascular diseases are indebted to the discovery of endothelial progenitor cells (EPC). Nitric oxide (NO) and stromal cell derived factor-1α (SDF-1α) play roles in migration, homing, and differentiation of EPCs in mature endothelial cells. The incidenc...

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Main Authors: Maryam Motamer, Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard, Farid Nasr Esfahani, Zahra Sadat Mortazavi, Saeideh Bahrani
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Vesnu Publications 2012-12-01
Series:مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان
Online Access:http://jims.mui.ac.ir/index.php/jims/article/view/2156