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Chapter
Unique Vascular Benefits of Estetrol, a Native Fetal Estrogen with Specific Actions in Tissues (NEST)
Estrogens (E), in oral contraceptives (COCs) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs used for the relief of climacteric symptoms of menopause, increase the synthesis of clotting factors, decrease the level...
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Article
Estrogènes et fonction vésicale
L’objectif de cette étude est de décrire l’impact des estrogènes sur la fonction vésicale. Les récepteurs aux estrogènes sont exprimés au niveau du dôme et du trigone vésical et au niveau du système nerveux ce...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Estradiol Action in Atherosclerosis and Reendothelialization
Whereas hormonal replacement/menopause therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women increases coronary artery disease risk, epidemiological studies (protection in premenopaused women) suggest and experimental studies...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Estrogens and Atherosclerosis
Numerous epidemiological studies suggest that estrogens protect women against cardiovascular diseases before the age of menopause. After menopause, the cardiovascular risk of women becomes progressively closer...
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Article
Inhaled and exhaled nitric oxide
Inhaled nitric oxide (NO) is used to treat various cardiopulmonary disorders associated with pulmonary hypertension. The rationale is based on the fact that NO, given by inhalation, only dilates those pulmona...
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Article
Endothelium-derived nitric oxide and vascular physiology and pathology
In 1980, Furchgott and Zawadzki demonstrated that the relaxation of vascular smooth muscle cells in response to acetylcholine is dependent on the anatomical integrity of the endothelium. Endothelium-derived r...
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Article
Insulin secretion in rats with chronic nitric oxide synthase blockade
Nitric oxide, which is produced from l-arginine by a nitric oxide-synthase enzyme, has been shown to be a ubiquitous messenger molecule. Recently, it has been suggested that nitric oxide might influence insulin s...
