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Testosterone Decreases House Dust Mite-Induced Type 2 and IL-17A-Mediated Airway Inflammation.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Oct 2018
Fuseini Hubaida, Yung Jeffrey A, Cephus Jacqueline Yvonne, Zhang Jian, Goleniewska Kasia, Polosukhin Vasiliy V, Peebles R Stokes, Newcomb Dawn C
Abstract excerpt
As adults, women are twice as likely as men to have asthma; however, the mechanisms explaining this sexual dimorphism remain unclear. Increased type 2 cytokines and/or IL-17A, leading to increased airway eosinophils and neutrophils, respectively, are associated with asthma. Previous studies showed that testosterone, signaling through the androgen receptor (AR), decreased Th2-mediated allergic inflammation and...
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