Androgens are bronchoactive drugs that act by relaxing airway smooth muscle and preventing bronchospasm

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Montanõ, Luis M ^b   Espinoza, Julia ^a   Flores Soto, Edgar ^b   Chávez, Jaime ^c   Perusquiá, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades   (Mexico)

Author keywords

5 dihydrotestosterone"; 5 dihydrotestosterone; Airway smooth muscle; Asthma; Bronchoactive steroids; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

5BETA ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; CARBACHOL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL BRONCHOSPASM; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG RESISTANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVALBUMIN-INDUCED BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

5Α-DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; 5Β-DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOACTIVE STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRONCHIAL SPASM; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CALCIUM; CARBACHOL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OVALBUMIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TRACHEA;

EID: 84904439818     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-14-0074     Document Type: Article

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