Sex difference in alcohol-related organ injury

This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 ISBRA Me eting in Yokohama, Japan. The chairs were Nobuhiro Sate 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. Jarvelainen; a nd (5) Alcohol metabolism in Asian subjects: Sex differences and flushing r esponse, by V. A. Ramchandani.