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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2020

Female Sex Hormone Effects on the Vasculature: Considering the Validity of Restricting Study Inclusion to Low-Hormone Phases.

Casey G Turner, Anna E Stanhewicz, Brett J Wong

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Methods for analyzing acetylcholine-induced vasodilation in human skin.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2026
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  3. Comparing cutaneous NO-dependent vasodilation between young males and females.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  4. Endocrine enigmas: vascular health in females throughout the lifespan.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
    Review
  5. The effect of transient sex hormone fluctuations on vascular endothelial function.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
    Review
  6. Oral contraceptive pill phase alters mechanisms contributing to cutaneous microvascular function in response to local heating.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Casey G TurnerCutaneous Microvascular and Sensory Nerve Function Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Anna E StanhewiczMicrovascular Physiology Laboratory, Department of Health and Human Physiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
Brett J WongCutaneous Microvascular and Sensory Nerve Function Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Funding

Microvascular and sensory nerve function in non-Hispanic Blacks and WhitesR01HL141205 · NHLBI · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WONG, BRETT · 2018 to 2021
$1.5M
Role of Angiotensin II and Chronic Inflammation in Persistent Microvascular Dysfunction Following Preeclamptic PregnancyR00HL138133 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI STANHEWICZ, ANNA · 2019 to 2021
$747k
NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL138133NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141205
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many studies of vascular function limit the testing of premenopausal female participants to periods when female sex hormones, either endogenous or exogenous, are at their lowest concentration. This practice, when not part of the specific research question, may limit data surrounding the predominant physiological state of premenopausal females and pose a threat to external validity. In this

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estrogenestrogen receptorexperimental practicesexternal validityfemale sex hormonesvascular function

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PMID33192613
PMCPMC7652897

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