ABSTRACT
Women suffer more chronic inflammatory diseases than men and less cardiovascular disease (Ahmed et al., 1985; Lahita, 1985; Grossman, 1989; Beeson, 1994). The molecular mechanisms for
1 National Institute of Dental Research, NIH, 30 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-3470, USA, 2 Dept. Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinic, Provincial, Barcelona, Spain, 3 Dept. Pediatrics, Northwestern School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 4 Thomas Jefferson College of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA. * Corresponding author, Tel.: 0013014964069, Fax: 0013014020897, E-mail: kleinman@yoda.nidr.nih.gov.
