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Estradiol Increases Mucus Synthesis in Bronchial Epithelial Cells

Airway epithelial mucus hypersecretion and mucus plugging are prominent pathologic features of chronic inflammatory conditions of the airway (e.g. asthma and cystic fibrosis) and in most of these conditions, women have worse prognosis compared with male patients. We thus investigated the effects of...

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Autores principales: Tam, Anthony, Wadsworth, Samuel, Dorscheid, Delbert, Man, Shu-Fan Paul, Sin, Don D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4070981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24964096
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100633