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BackgroundThe incidence rate of lung large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) in lung cancer is low, but the malignancy is high and the prognosis is poor.
Chang-fu Liu, Yu-jian Tao
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Sex and hypertensive organ damage: stroke
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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Systemic inflammatory response to cardiac surgery: does female sex really protect? [PDF]
Sex hormones have important interactions with the immune system and modulate the inflammatory response. In this regard, oestrogen inhibits the transcription of proinflammatory cytokines and confers tissue protection in experimental models.
Qing, Ma+2 more
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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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Useless hearing in male Emblemasoma auditrix (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)--a case of intralocus sexual conflict during evolution of a complex sense organ? [PDF]
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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Background Sex differences play a critical role in the incidence and severity of cardiovascular diseases, whereby men are at a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to age-matched premenopausal women.
Aneesa Ansari+2 more
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The Evolution of the Sex Organs of Plants [PDF]
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Molecular characterisation of four double-flowered mutants of Silene dioica representing four centuries of variation [PDF]
Records of double-flowered Silene dioica date from the late sixteenth century and four named varieties are grown today, as previously, for their horticultural interest.
Elizabeth K. S. Ingle+2 more
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The impact of prenatal smoke exposure (PSE) on DNA methylation has been demonstrated in blood samples from children of smoking mothers, but evidence for sex-dependent smoke-induced effects is limited. As the identified differentially methylated genes can
Karolin F. Meyer+5 more
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Ethics and Efficacy of Unsolicited Anti-Trafficking SMS Outreach [PDF]
The sex industry exists on a continuum based on the degree of work autonomy present in labor conditions: a high degree exists on one side of the continuum where independent sex workers have a great deal of agency, while much less autonomy exists on the other side, where sex is traded under conditions of human trafficking.
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