英国路透健康讯:对健康妇女的研究表明,围月经期1型/2型细胞因子平衡的转变可能与哮喘的加重有关。为确定月经周期是否能引起细胞因子平衡的转变,得克萨斯大学休斯敦医学中心的研究人员对14名健康妇女进行了研究,其中有7人正在服用口服避孕药丸。研究人员在近期出版的《变态反应学、哮喘和免疫学 Reuters Health News: Research on healthy women shows that the transition of type 1 / type 2 cytokine balance in the peri-menopausal period may be related to the exacerbation of asthma. To determine whether the menstrual cycle can trigger a shift in the balance of cytokines, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Center in Houston conducted a study of 14 healthy women, seven of whom were taking oral contraceptive pills. Researchers recently published “Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.”