The Influence of Sex Steroid Hormones in the Immunopathology of Experimental Pulmonary Tuberculosis

The relation between men and women suffering pulmonary tuberculosis is 7/3 in favor to males. Sex hormones could be a significant factor for this difference, considering that testosterone impairs macrophage activation and pro-inflammatory cytokines production, while estrogens are proinflammatory med...

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Autores principales: Bini, Estela Isabel, Espinosa, Dulce Mata, Castillo, Brenda Marquina, Payán, Jorge Barrios, Colucci, Darío, Cruz, Alejandro Francisco, Zatarain, Zyanya Lucía, Alfonseca, Edgar, Romano Pardo, Marta, Bottasso, Oscar, Hernández Pando, Rogelio
Formato: artículo publishedVersion article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: PLOS (Public Library of Science) 2014
Materias:
Tuberculosis
Testosterone
Pneumonia
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Inflammatory diseases
Inflammation
Granulomas
Cytokines
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/2133/3268
http://hdl.handle.net/2133/3268
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Repositorio Hipermedial de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) de Universidad Nacional de Rosario

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