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ArticleMenopause (New York, N.Y.)2014

Effects of bazedoxifene, conjugated equine estrogens, and a tissue-selective estrogen complex containing both bazedoxifene and conjugated equine estrogens on cerebral artery atherosclerosis in postmenopausal monkeys.

Thomas B Clarkson, Kelly F Ethun, Nicholas M Pajewski, Debbie Golden, Edison Floyd, Susan E Appt

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Article in Menopause (New York, N.Y.), 2014. 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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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas B ClarksonFrom the Departments of 1Pathology/Comparative Medicine and 2Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Kelly F Ethun
Nicholas M Pajewski
Debbie Golden
Edison Floyd
Susan E Appt
Wake Forest University · US

Funding

Yerkes National Primate Research Center Role of type-I IFN in regulating COVID-19 induced inflammation and pathogenesisP51OD011132 · OD · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Joon Sup Lee · 2012 to 2026
$167.0M
Laboratory Animal & Comparative Medicine TrainingT32OD010957 · OD · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI J. MARK CLINE · 2012 to 2026
$4.3M
Role of the Follicle-Depleted Ovary in the Pathogenesis of Chronic DiseasesR01AG027847 · NIA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI APPT, SUSAN E · 2006 to 2012
$3.7M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG027847NIA NIH HHS R01AG027847NIH HHS 8T32OD010957NIH HHS P51 OD011132NIH HHS T32 OD010957
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study aims to evaluate the effects of a new selective estrogen receptor modulator (bazedoxifene acetate [BZA]) and a tissue-specific estrogen complex (BZA combined with conjugated equine estrogens [CEE]) on the extent and severity of cerebral artery atherosclerosis.

methodsNinety-eight surgically postmenopausal monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) were fed a moderately atherogenic diet and randomized to receive no treatment or women's equivalent doses of BZA (20 mg/d), CEE (0.45 mg/d), or BZA + CEE. After an experimental period of 20 months (approximately equivalent to 5 years of participant experience), the extent and severity of atherosclerosis in the common carotid artery, carotid bifurcation, internal carotid artery, and basilar artery were determined. Lesion severity was determined using the American Heart Association grading system (grades 0-V).

resultsBZA had no consistent adverse effects on the extent and severity of atherosclerosis in the cerebral arteries and did not attenuate the beneficial effects of CEE on the severity of common carotid artery atherosclerosis. Although CEE had only modest beneficial effects on the extent of carotid bifurcation atherosclerosis, the severity of lesions and the number of affected cases in the common carotid artery were reduced with CEE treatment. As reported previously, plasma lipid profiles did not differ among the treatment groups.

conclusionsIn this long-term (equivalent to 5 human patient-years) nonhuman primate trial, BZA shows no consistent adverse effect on cerebral artery atherosclerosis and does not attenuate the modest beneficial effect of CEE on the common carotid artery. Furthermore, CEE inhibits the development of complicated plaques in the common carotid artery.

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AnimalsBasilar ArteryCarotid Artery DiseasesCarotid Artery, InternalDiet, AtherogenicDrug CombinationsEstrogensEstrogens, Conjugated (USP)FemaleHaplorhiniIndolesIntracranial ArteriosclerosisMenopauseRandom AllocationSelective Estrogen Receptor ModulatorsSeverity of Illness IndexbazedoxifeneDrug CombinationsEstrogensEstrogens, Conjugated (USP)IndolesSelective Estrogen Receptor Modulators

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PMID23676638
PMCPMC3760976
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