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March 5, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Smooth muscle cell estrogen receptor alpha promotes arterial stiffness in the absence of estradiol

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CTCasey G. TurnerJMJacqueline MatzJBJade Breton

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Population
Female and male mice
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Intervention
Low levels of estradiol
O
Outcome
Arterial stiffeningsurrogate

Smooth muscle cell estrogen receptor alpha promotes arterial stiffness in mice exposed to low estradiol levels.

Abstract

These findings support that SMC-ERα contributes to arterial stiffening in female and male mice in situations where the vasculature is exposed to low levels of estradiol.

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Turner et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69effb044f6a06657c21e290https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.03.709417
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