It's all about sex: gender, lung development and lung disease. |
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Authors: | Michelle A Carey Jeffrey W Card James W Voltz Samuel J Arbes Dori R Germolec Kenneth S Korach Darryl C Zeldin |
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Affiliation: | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. |
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Abstract: | Accumulating evidence suggests that gender affects the incidence, susceptibility and severity of several lung diseases. Gender also influences lung development and physiology. Data from both human and animal studies indicate that sex hormones might contribute to disease pathogenesis or serve as protective factors, depending on the disease involved. In this review, the influence of gender and sex hormones on lung development and pathology will be discussed, with specific emphasis on pulmonary fibrosis, asthma and cancer. |
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