Sex-Based Differences in Lung Physiology

This book provides an overview of the latest experimental work on sex-based differences in lung function and inflammation. Readers will learn how these differences relate to individual predispositions for the development of lung disease in men and women, and in different stages of their reproductive...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Silveyra, Patricia (Editor), Tigno, Xenia T. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Series:Physiology in Health and Disease
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Sex Differences in Respiratory Physiology
  • Sex Differences in the Anatomy of the Airways and the Lungs: Impact on Dysanapsis across the Lifespan
  • Sex Steroids and Their Influence in Lung Diseases Across the Lifespan
  • Sex Differences in the Developing Lung: Implications for Disease
  • Neonatal Lung Disease: Mechanisms Driving Sex Differences
  • Sex Differences in Cystic Fibrosis Across the Lifespan
  • Sex Differences in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Sex-Differences in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  • Sex and Gender Differences in the Susceptibility to Environmental Exposures
  • Respiratory Sex Differences in Response to Smoke Exposure
  • Sex Differences in Adaptive Immunity in Chronic Lung Disease
  • Network Medicine and Systems Biology Considerations to Understand Sex Differences in Lung Disease
  • Sex Differences in Respiratory Infection
  • Androgen Excess in Women and the Respiratory System
  • Sex Differences in Circadian Biology: Influences on Lung Health and Disease
  • Sex Differences in the Coronavirus Disease 2019