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Asthma in some boys stops at puberty: mouse results hint at why
Male mice that had their testes removed — or their male-hormone receptors in the lungs turned off – had a heightened response to an inflammatory agent. Credit: Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty
Some male hormones could help nerve cells in the lungs to suppress asthma attacks.
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Tu, X., Chen, H., Ma, X., Donovan, C. & Yang, J. Sci. Immunol. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.aed0186 (2026).
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