Hormonal influences on lung function and response to environmental agents: Lessons from animal models of respiratory disease

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 588-595

  Card, Jeffrey W ^a   Zeldin, Darryl C ^b  

^a Ashuren Health Sciences   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Inflammation; Respiratory mechanics; Sex; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; SEX HORMONE;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENDER; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LUNG; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 73149088822     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200904-020RM     Document Type: Conference Paper

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