Macrophages: regulators of sex differences in asthma?

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Published in Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol on July 02, 2009

Authors

Barbro N Melgert1, Timothy B Oriss, Zengbiao Qi, Barbara Dixon-McCarthy, Marie Geerlings, Machteld N Hylkema, Anuradha Ray

Author Affiliations

1: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. bnmelgert@mac.com

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