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Sex differences in the response of the alveolar macrophage proteome to treatment with exogenous surfactant protein-A

BACKGROUND: Male wild type (WT) C57BL/6 mice are less capable of clearing bacteria and surviving from bacterial pneumonia than females. However, if an oxidative stress (acute ozone exposure) occurs before infection, the advantage shifts to males who then survive at higher rates than females. We have...

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Autores principales: Phelps, David S, Umstead, Todd M, Floros, Joanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3570446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22824420
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-5956-10-44