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Male sex is a significant risk factor for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Female sex hormones have been reported to prevent aneurysm formation in animal models. The study aims to describe the expression profile of sex hormone receptors in the aneurysm wall of men and women with AAA and compare with unaffected controls.Aneurysm wall biopsies were obtained during elective open repair of AAA in men...
Atherothrombotic disease in the coronary arteries leads to myocardial infarction (MI) through plaque rupture or erosion of the endothelium, the former mechanism predominating in men and the latter in women. Inflammation is a key feature of these processes, and the interplay between inflammation and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in this context is not fully understood. In this study, we investigated...
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