Recovery From Pneumonia After Ozone Exposure May Be Affected By Gender

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  June 28, 2007

EXCERPT:  "Does air pollution have a bigger effect on the immune system of females than males? It did among mice exposed to ozone -- a major component in air pollution that is known to negatively affect lung function -- and then infected with pneumonia, as significantly more females died from the infection than males. "   more

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Mikerov AN, Haque R, Gan X, Guo X, Phelps DS, Floros J. Ablation of SP-A has a negative impact on the susceptibility of mice to Klebsiella pneumoniae infection after ozone exposure: sex differences. Respir Res. 2008 Dec 4;9:77.