Estrogen aggravates inflammation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in cystic fibrosis mice

BACKGROUND: Among patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), females have worse pulmonary function and survival than males, primarily due to chronic lung inflammation and infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). A role for gender hormones in the causation of the CF "gender gap" has...

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Autores principales: Wang, Yufa, Cela, Elvis, Gagnon, Stéphane, Sweezey, Neil B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3006363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21118573
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-166

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3006363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21118573
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-166

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