Sex differences at cellular level: Cells have a sex

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 214, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-65

  Straface, Elisabetta ^a   Gambardella, Lucrezia ^b   Brandani, Marta ^c   Malorni, Walter ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Center of Metabolomics   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aautophagy; Apoptosis; Cell; Cytopathology; Preclinical studies; Reactive oxygen species; Sex

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SEX HORMONE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DEATH; CELLS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84868328263     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30726-3_3     Document Type: Article

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