Sexual tension in the airways: The puzzling duality of estrogen in asthma

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 499-500

  Lim, Robert H ^a   Kobzik, Lester ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; METHACHOLINE; NEUROKININ; OVALBUMIN; SEROTONIN; SEX HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ASTHMA; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PROVOCATION TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TH2 CELL; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 42949102538     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0002ED     Document Type: Editorial

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