The role of cyclooxygenase-2 on endurance exercise training in female LDL-receptor knockout ovariectomized mice

Estrogen deprivation in postmenopausal women increases cardiovascular risk. Cardiovascular risk as a result of atherosclerosis is able to induce an inflammatory disease as far as cyclooxygenase-2 ( COX-2) expression. The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of COX-2 on exercise training...

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Main Authors: FLAVIA DE OLIVEIRA, LAURA B.M. MAIFRINO, GUSTAVO P.P. DE JESUS, JULIANA G. CARVALHO, CLAUDIA MARCHON, DANIEL A. RIBEIRO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2013-09-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652013000301157&lng=en&tlng=en