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Sex and gender influence on immunity and autoimmunity
Autoimmune diseases are skewed toward one biological sex or another. This is the obvious observation of many decades, and it remains unexplained. Females predominate with most autoimmune diseases. The reasons for this predilection are an interplay of genetic, epigenetic and hormonal factors.
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10250588/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37304263 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1142723 |
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description | Autoimmune diseases are skewed toward one biological sex or another. This is the obvious observation of many decades, and it remains unexplained. Females predominate with most autoimmune diseases. The reasons for this predilection are an interplay of genetic, epigenetic and hormonal factors. |
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spelling | pubmed-102505882023-06-10 Sex and gender influence on immunity and autoimmunity Lahita, Robert G. Front Immunol Immunology Autoimmune diseases are skewed toward one biological sex or another. This is the obvious observation of many decades, and it remains unexplained. Females predominate with most autoimmune diseases. The reasons for this predilection are an interplay of genetic, epigenetic and hormonal factors. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10250588/ /pubmed/37304263 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1142723 Text en Copyright © 2023 Lahita https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Immunology Lahita, Robert G. Sex and gender influence on immunity and autoimmunity |
title | Sex and gender influence on immunity and autoimmunity |
title_full | Sex and gender influence on immunity and autoimmunity |
title_fullStr | Sex and gender influence on immunity and autoimmunity |
title_full_unstemmed | Sex and gender influence on immunity and autoimmunity |
title_short | Sex and gender influence on immunity and autoimmunity |
title_sort | sex and gender influence on immunity and autoimmunity |
topic | Immunology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10250588/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37304263 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1142723 |
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