Estrogen Improves Insulin Sensitivity and Suppresses Gluconeogenesis via the Transcription Factor Foxo1

Hui Yan, Wangbao Yang, Fenghua Zhou, +14

Diabetes

cAMP-Dependent Vasodilators Cross-Activate the cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase to Stimulate BK_CaChannel Activity in Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells

Richard E. White, Jonathan P. Kryman, Abdalla M. El‐Mowafy, +2

Circulation Research

Activation of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor induces endothelium-independent relaxation of coronary artery smooth muscle

Xuan Yu, Handong Ma, Scott A. Barman, +6

American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism

Coronary ArteriesMolecular PharmacologyClassic Estrogen ReceptorsMolecular PhysiologyCardiovascular Disease +13

Nongenomic, endothelium-independent effects of estrogen on human coronary smooth muscle are mediated by type I (neuronal) NOS and PI3-kinase-Akt signaling

Guichun Han, Handong Ma, Rajesh Chintala, +4

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 mediates relaxation of coronary arteries via cAMP/PKA-dependent activation of MLCP

Xuan Yu, Fen Li, John N. Stallone, +1

American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism

Mediates RelaxationMolecular PharmacologyCell SignalingMolecular SignalingPorcine Coronary Arteries +16

Potassium (BK_Ca) currents are reduced in microvascular smooth muscle cells from insulin-resistant rats

Christiana Dimitropoulou, Guichun Han, Allison W. Miller, +4

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Electrolyte DisorderSynaptic TransmissionBiomedical EngineeringCellular PhysiologyInsulin-resistant Rats +22

Estrogen-induced contraction of coronary arteries is mediated by superoxide generated in vascular smooth muscle

Richard E. White, Guichun Han, Christiana Dimitropoulou, +5

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Vascular DiseaseGynecologyVascular Smooth MuscleOxidative StressType 1 +15

Activation of GPER Induces Differentiation and Inhibition of Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation

Fen Li, Xuan Yu, Claudia K. Szynkarski, +7

PLoS ONE

A Novel Transduction Mechanism Mediating Dopamine-Induced Vascular Relaxation: Opening of BKCa Channels by Cyclic AMP-Induced Stimulation of the Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinase

Guichun Han, Jonathan P. Kryman, Patricia J.P. McMillin, +2

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid-induced relaxation is impaired in insulin resistance

Allison W. Miller, Christiana Dimitropoulou, Guichun Han, +3

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Insulin ResistanceMetabolic SyndromeInsulin SignalingEet IsomersMedicine +13