Sex differences in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mechanisms

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 813-814

  Barnes, Peter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 4 [3 (DIMETHYLAMINO)PHENYL] 5 METHYL 1H PYRAZOLO[4,3 C]PYRIDINE 3,6(2H,5H) DIONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CIGARETTE SMOKE; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; LONG ACTING DRUG; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE 4; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN; TOBACCO SMOKE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ESTROGEN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY REMODELING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OVARIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UPREGULATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84983224460     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201512-2379ED     Document Type: Editorial

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