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Sex difference in alcohol-related organ injury
N Sato1, K O Lindros, E Baraona
1Department of Gastroenterology (NS, KI), Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. nsato@med.juntendo.ac.jp
Abstract:
This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The chairs were Nobuhiro Sato and Kai O. Lindros. The presentations were (1) Sex differences in ethanol pharmacokinetics, by E. Baraona; (2) Estrogen regulates the sensitivity to endotoxin in hepatic Kupffer cells, by K. Ikejima; (3) Sex difference in alcohol-related organ injury, by E. Mezey; (4) Aggravated ethanol-induced liver injury in female rats: Protection by the antiestrogen toremifene, by Harri A. Järveläinen; and (5) Alcohol metabolism in Asian subjects: Sex differences and flushing response, by V. A. Ramchandani.