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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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BioMed Central
2010
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| 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 |