How does estrogen enhance endotoxin toxi
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Jacquelyn J. Maher
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The relationship among gender, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and liver disease is complex. Accordingly, the effect of estrogen on activation of Kupffer cells by endotoxin was studied. All rats given estrogen intraperitoneally 24 h before an injection of a sublethal dose of LPS died. Mortality was preven