Researchers unravel novel mechanism of estrogen action on heart physiology
December 6, 2017
Estrogens are powerful hormones important for the formation and function of the nervous, reproductive and cardiovascular systems.
Xenoestrogens are environmental chemicals -- both industrial pollutants and natural compounds -- that mimic estrogens and may be toxic for human health.
An important model to study xenoestrogens -- also known as estrogenic environmental endocrine disruptors -- is the rapidly growing, 1-inch-long, freshwater zebrafish. Notably, zebrafish are an established model for human cardiovascular development and function.
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