Estrogen regulates pulmonary alveolar formation, loss, and regeneration in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 6 31-6, 2004, Pages

  Massaro, Donald ^a   Massaro, Gloria DeCarlo ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Elastic recoil; Estrogen receptor mutants; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG VOLUME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REGENERATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARIECTOMY; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 8644246788     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00228.2004     Document Type: Article

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