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Glucocorticoids, Sex Hormones, and Immunity
Frontiers in Immunology, 2018 Glucocorticoid hormones regulate essential body functions in mammals, control cell metabolism, growth, differentiation, and apoptosis. Importantly, they are potent suppressors of inflammation, and multiple immune-modulatory mechanisms involving leukocyte
Oxana Bereshchenko +3 more
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Sex Differences in Diabetes- and TGF-β1-Induced Renal Damage
Cells, 2020 While females are less affected by non-diabetic kidney diseases compared to males, available data on sex differences in diabetic nephropathy (DN) are controversial.
Nadja Ziller +8 more
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Psychoneuroendocrine protocol to comprehensively study sexually dimorphic cognition
Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2021 Background: A large body of research provides evidence for sex differences in cognitive abilities. These sex differences stem from the interplay between biological sex (e.g., birth-assigned sex, sex hormones) and psychosocial gender (e.g., gender ...
Sarah Kheloui +7 more
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Biology of Sex Differences, 2020 Background The role of sex hormones on cellular function is unclear. Studies show androgens and estrogens are protective in the CNS, whereas other studies found no effects or damaging effects.
Phong Duong +5 more
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Current understanding and treatment of sex hormone-related hair diseases
Dermatologica Sinica, 2023 Hair follicle (HF) growth is regulated by local and systemic environments. Sex hormones, a systemic factor, paradoxically promote and suppress hair growth in different sites of the body, leading to diseases such as hirsutism, androgenetic alopecia, and ...
Tyng-Shiuan Hsieh +3 more
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Precocious puberty and microbiota: The role of the sex hormone–gut microbiome axis
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 Puberty is a critical phase of life associated with physiological changes related to sexual maturation, and represents a complex process regulated by multiple endocrine and genetic controls.
Valeria Calcaterra +9 more
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Brain Sciences, 2018 Hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis that regulate reproductive function have multiple effects on the development, maintenance and function of the brain.
Caroline Gurvich +3 more
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Role of sex and sex hormones in PD-L1 expression in NSCLC: clinical and therapeutic implications
Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 Currently, immunotherapy based on PD-1/PD-L1 pathway blockade has improved survival of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. However, differential responses have been observed by sex, where men appear to respond better than women.
Vianey Rodriguez-Lara +7 more
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The influence of sex steroid hormones on the response to trauma and burn injury
Burns & Trauma, 2017 Trauma and related sequelae result in disturbance of homeostatic mechanisms frequently leading to cellular dysfunction and ultimately organ and system failure.
K Al-Tarrah, N Moiemen, JM Lord
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Sex Hormones and Immune Dimorphism
The Scientific World Journal, 2014 The functioning of the immune system of the body is regulated by many factors. The abnormal regulation of the immune system may result in some pathological conditions.
Aruna Bhatia +2 more
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