The Influence of Sex Steroid Hormones in the Immunopathology of Experimental Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Estela Isabel Bini; Dulce Mata Espinosa; Brenda Marquina Castillo; Jorge Barrios Payán; Darío Colucci; Alejandro Francisco Cruz; Zyanya Lucía Zatarain; Edgar Alfonseca; Marta Romano Pardo; Oscar Bottasso; Rogelio Hernández Pando

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093831

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The Influence of Sex Steroid Hormones in the Immunopathology of Experimental Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Estela Isabel Bini,

Affiliations Experimental Pathology Section. Department of Pathology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán”, México City, México, Immunology Institute, Medical Sciences Faculty, Santa Fe, Rosario, Argentina
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Dulce Mata Espinosa,

Affiliation Experimental Pathology Section. Department of Pathology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán”, México City, México
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Brenda Marquina Castillo,

Affiliation Experimental Pathology Section. Department of Pathology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán”, México City, México
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Jorge Barrios Payán,

Affiliation Experimental Pathology Section. Department of Pathology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán”, México City, México
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Darío Colucci,

Affiliation Immunology Institute, Medical Sciences Faculty, Santa Fe, Rosario, Argentina
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Alejandro Francisco Cruz,

Affiliation Experimental Pathology Section. Department of Pathology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán”, México City, México
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Zyanya Lucía Zatarain,

Affiliation Experimental Pathology Section. Department of Pathology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán”, México City, México
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Edgar Alfonseca,

Affiliation Experimental Pathology Section. Department of Pathology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán”, México City, México
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Marta Romano Pardo,

Affiliation Physiology and Biophysic Department. CINVESTAV, Mexico City, Mexico
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Oscar Bottasso,

Affiliation Immunology Institute, Medical Sciences Faculty, Santa Fe, Rosario, Argentina
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Rogelio Hernández Pando

* E-mail: rhdezpando@hotmail.com

Affiliation Experimental Pathology Section. Department of Pathology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán”, México City, México
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The Influence of Sex Steroid Hormones in the Immunopathology of Experimental Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Estela Isabel Bini,
Dulce Mata Espinosa,
Brenda Marquina Castillo,
Jorge Barrios Payán,
Darío Colucci,
Alejandro Francisco Cruz,
Zyanya Lucía Zatarain,
Edgar Alfonseca,
Marta Romano Pardo,
Oscar Bottasso

Published: April 10, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093831

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