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Donor gender does not affect liver transplantation outcome in children [PDF]
, 1990 The liver is recognized as a sex hormone-responsive organ. Gender-specific differences in liver function are known to exist. Recently, a higher failure rate for organs transplanted in adults from female donors to male recipients has been reported.
Gavaler, JS +3 more
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Sex and hypertensive organ damage: stroke
Journal of Human Hypertension, 2023 AbstractStroke is a common cause of death and disability in both men and women. Differences in the incidence, presenting features and outcome after stroke have been reported between men and women. The global lifetime risk of stroke of approximately 25% is similar in men and women, although in women, the first cardiovascular event is more likely to be ...
Jesse Dawson, Alexander MacDonald
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Cochlear shape reveals that the human organ of hearing is sex-typed from birth
Scientific Reports, 2019 Sex differences in behavioral and neural characteristics can be caused by cultural influences but also by sex-based differences in neurophysiological and sensorimotor features.
J. Braga +9 more
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Systemic and organ-specific immune-related manifestations of COVID-19
Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2021 Immune-related manifestations are increasingly recognized conditions in patients with COVID-19, with around 3,000 cases reported worldwide comprising more than 70 different systemic and organ-specific disorders.
M. Ramos-Casals +2 more
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R-spondin 1/Dickkopf-1/beta-catenin machinery is involved in testicular embryonic angiogenesis [PDF]
, 2015 Testicular vasculogenesis is one of the key processes regulating male gonad morphogenesis. The knowledge of the molecular cues underlining this phenomenon is one of today's most challenging issues and could represent a major contribution toward a better ...
Caruso, Maria +7 more
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Journal of Medical Virology, 2020 This article reviews the correlation between angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and severe risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) and the possible mechanisms. ACE2 is a crucial component of the renin‐angiotensin system (RAS).
Hao Cheng, Yan Wang, gui-qiang Wang
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The role of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-like axis in inflammatory pilosebaceous disorders [PDF]
, 2020 Skin is the largest peripheral endocrine organ and functions as a hormone target and endocrine gland. A cutaneous hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-like axis enables the skin to respond to stress and regulates its steroidogenic activity.
Clark, Ashley K +3 more
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BMC Medical Genomics, 2019 Background Epigenetic age acceleration, a measure of biological aging based on DNA methylation, is associated with cardiovascular mortality. However, little is known about its relationship with hypertensive target organ damage to the heart, kidneys ...
Jennifer A. Smith +7 more
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"Suboptimal" kidney donors: The experience with tacrolimus-based immunosuppression [PDF]
, 1996 Female, pediatric, and older donors have been associated with inferior graft survival after renal transplantation. We analyzed these three subgroups in 397 patients receiving tacrolimus-based immunosuppression. There were no differences in recipient age,
Alexander +23 more
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Useless hearing in male Emblemasoma auditrix (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)--a case of intralocus sexual conflict during evolution of a complex sense organ? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Sensory modalities typically are important for both sexes, although sex-specific functional adaptations may occur frequently. This is true for hearing as well.
Reinhard Lakes-Harlan +3 more
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