The Influence of Sex Steroid Hormones in the Immunopathology of Experimental Pulmonary Tuberculosis

The relation between men and women suffering pulmonary tuberculosis is 7/3 in favor to males. Sex hormones could be a significant factor for this difference, considering that testosterone impairs macrophage activation and pro-inflammatory cytokines production, while estrogens are proinflammatory med...

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Autores principales: Bini, Estela Isabel, Mata Espinosa, Dulce, Marquina Castillo, Brenda, Barrios Payán, Jorge, Colucci, Darío, Cruz, Alejandro Francisco, Zatarain, Zyanya Lucía, Alfonseca, Edgar, Pardo, Marta Romano, Bottasso, Oscar, Pando, Rogelio Hernández
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3983091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24722144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093831

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3983091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24722144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093831

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