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Sex hormone receptors on mast cells
Mast cells from inflammatory nasal polyps in both sexes express oestrogen and progesterone, whereas other inflammatory cells do not.
Email: Tudor Toma - ttoma@mail.dntis.ro News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010308-02
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A role for ovarian hormones has been suspected in airway inflammation but the cellular target for such action is not known. In a study published in March Thorax, Zhaoa and colleagues from the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, and the University of Medical Sciences, Changchun, China, provide evidence that mast cells can be a target for sex hormones in the airways.
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