First steps for integrating sex and gender considerations into basic experimental biomedical research

FASEB Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-13

  Ritz, Stacey A ^a,b   Antle, David M ^d   Côté, Julie ^b,d   Deroy, Kathy ^e   Fraleigh, Nya ^a   Messing, Karen ^b,c   Parent, Lise ^b,c   St Pierre, Joey ^e   Vaillancourt, Cathy ^b,e   Mergler, Donna ^b,c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches sur la Biologie   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal models; Primary cell cultures; Transformed cell lines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC RESEARCH; CELL CULTURE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL MODELS; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURES; TRANSFORMED CELL LINES;

ANIMAL MODELS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURES; TRANSFORMED CELL LINES;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84894517406     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-233395     Document Type: Article

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