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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology2025

Sexual dimorphism in the downregulation of extracellular matrix genes contributes to aortic stiffness in female mice.

Anne N Kamau, Anil Sakamuri, Delphine O Okoye, Divya Sengottaian, Jennifer Cannon, Josefa Guerrero-Millan, Jennifer C Sullivan, Kristin S Miller, Yutao Liu, Benard O Ogola

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Article in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Assessing health in aging male and female mice: does cardiac function dictate frailty or physical resilience?The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026
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  3. X's, Y's, and vascular ties: exploring the role of sex chromosomes in arterial stiffness and vascular aging.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Anne N KamauVascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States.
Anil SakamuriVascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States.
Delphine O OkoyeVascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States.
Divya SengottaianVascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States.
Jennifer CannonDepartment of Biology, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States.
Josefa Guerrero-MillanDepartment of Physics and Biophysics, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States.
Jennifer C SullivanDepartment of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0541-0247
Kristin S MillerDepartment of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States.
Yutao LiuDepartment of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States.
Benard O OgolaVascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6084-6986

Funding

The Impact of Obesity and Leptin on the Development of Immune System Dysfunction and Hypertension in Females with Systemic Lupus ErythematousU54HL169191 · NHLBI · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI Daria Ilatovskaya · 2023 to 2026
$7.4M
PRIDE SUMMER INSTITUTE IN CARDIOVASCULAR GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGYR25HL105400 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DAVILA-ROMAN, VICTOR G., DE LAS FUENTES, LISA · 2010 to 2025
$5.2M
Estrogen and its Receptor in Intraocular Pressure RegulationR01EY032960 · NEI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI Yutao Liu · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Interplay of Sex Hormones and Chromosomes in Vascular Oxidative Stress and Arterial StiffeningR00HL155841 · NHLBI · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI OGOLA, BENARD OJWANG · 2022 to 2024
$747k
MIR182 and Ocular Hypertension.R21EY033961 · NEI · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, YUTAO · 2023 to 2024
$424k
Interplay of Sex Hormones and Chromosomes in Vascular Oxidative Stress and Arterial StiffeningK99HL155841 · NHLBI · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI OGOLA, BENARD OJWANG · 2021 to 2022
$170k
Augusta UniversityHHS | NIH | National Eye Institute (NEI) EY032960HHS | NIH | National Eye Institute (NEI) EY033961HHS | NIH | NHLBI | Division of Intramural Research (DIR) HL105400HHS | NIH | NHLBI | Division of Intramural Research (DIR) HL155841HHS | NIH | NHLBI | Division of Intramural Research (DIR) HL169191NEI NIH HHS R01 EY032960NEI NIH HHS R21 EY033961NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL155841NHLBI NIH HHS L60 HL159667NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL155841NHLBI NIH HHS R25 HL105400NHLBI NIH HHS U54 HL169191
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The contribution of sex hormones to cardiovascular disease, including arterial stiffness, is established; however, the role of sex chromosome interaction with sex hormones, particularly in women, is lagging. Arterial stiffness depends on the intrinsic properties and transmural wall geometry that comprise a network of cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins expressed in a sex-dependent manner. In this study, we used four-core genotype (FCG) mice to determine the relative contribution of sex hormones versus sex chromosomes or their interaction with arterial stiffness. Gonadal intact FCG mice included females (F) and males (M) with either XX or XY sex chromosomes (

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Aorta, ThoracicExtracellular MatrixExtracellular Matrix ProteinsVascular StiffnessAnimalsDown-RegulationFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSex CharacteristicsSex FactorsExtracellular Matrix Proteinsaortic tensionextracellular matrixsex chromosomessex hormones

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PMID39873616
PMCPMC12276896

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