Fig. 5.
Anoxic lung injury was moderately attenuated by estradiol or by selective agonists of ERα or -β. Shown are changes induced by anoxia vs. normoxia in PAW, peak PPA, and W/D under four conditions: 1) control, no further treatment; 2) plus 1 μm estrogen; 3) plus 1 μm ERα, and 4) plus 1 μm ERβ. Abbreviations as in Figs. 3 & 4. E, Estrogen.