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Environmental Estrogens Induce Mast Cell Degranulation and Enhance IgE-Mediated Release of Allergic Mediators

BACKGROUND: Prevalence and morbidity of allergic diseases have increased over the last decades. Based on the recently recognized differences in asthma prevalence between the sexes, we have examined the effect of endogenous estrogens on a key element of the allergic response. Some lipophilic pollutan...

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Autores principales: Narita, Shin-ichiro, Goldblum, Randall M., Watson, Cheryl S., Brooks, Edward G., Estes, D. Mark, Curran, Edward M., Midoro-Horiuti, Terumi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1797832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17366818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.9378