Title : Estrogen-receptor polymorphisms and effects of estrogen replacement on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in women with coronary disease.

Pub. Date : 2002 Mar 28

PMID : 11919305






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1 BACKGROUND: Sequence variants in the gene encoding estrogen receptor alpha (ER-alpha) may modify the effects of hormone-replacement therapy on levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and other outcomes related to estrogen treatment in postmenopausal women. Cholesterol estrogen receptor 1 Homo sapiens
2 BACKGROUND: Sequence variants in the gene encoding estrogen receptor alpha (ER-alpha) may modify the effects of hormone-replacement therapy on levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and other outcomes related to estrogen treatment in postmenopausal women. Cholesterol estrogen receptor 1 Homo sapiens
3 CONCLUSIONS: Postmenopausal women with coronary disease who have the ER-alpha IVS1-401 C/C genotype, or several other closely related genotypes, have an augmented response of HDL cholesterol to hormone-replacement therapy. Cholesterol estrogen receptor 1 Homo sapiens