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Organ‐protective effect of angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 and its effect on the prognosis of COVID‐19

open access: yesJournal 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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Patterns of the electric organ discharge during courtship and spawning in the mormyrid fish, Pollimyrus isidori [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
Pollimyrus isidori's electric organ discharge (EOD) is of the pulse type. Patterns of EOD intervals were investigated prior to, during and following spawning behaviors as related with overt behaviors, and with the sound production by the nestbuilding ...
Bratton, Bradford O., Kramer, Bernd
core   +1 more source

Androgen conspires with the CD8+ T cell exhaustion program and contributes to sex bias in cancer

open access: yesScience immunology, 2022
Sex bias exists in the development and progression of nonreproductive organ cancers, but the underlying mechanisms are enigmatic. Studies so far have focused largely on sexual dimorphisms in cancer biology and socioeconomic factors.
H. Kwon   +20 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The role of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-like axis in inflammatory pilosebaceous disorders [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core  

Sex-based differences in myocardial gene expression in recently deceased organ donors with no prior cardiovascular disease

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Sex differences in the development of the normal heart and the prevalence of cardiomyopathies have been reported. The molecular basis of these differences remains unclear. Sex differences in the human heart might be related to patterns of gene expression.
Kolsoum Inanloorahatloo   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Intrinsic and extrinsic epigenetic age acceleration are associated with hypertensive target organ damage in older African Americans

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Useless hearing in male Emblemasoma auditrix (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)--a case of intralocus sexual conflict during evolution of a complex sense organ? [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

A Review on the Sex Differences in Organ and System Pathology with Alcohol Drinking.

open access: yesCurrent Drug Abuse Reviews, 2017
Hazardous consequences of alcohol consumption adversely influence overall health, specifically physical and mental health. Differences in alcohol consumption and manifestations in pathology have been observed between males and females, however research ...
V. Vatsalya   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assay for free secretory component and methods for monitoring organ rejection [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Methods of monitoring and detecting the early onset of organ injury incident rejection of a organ rejection in an animal are disclosed. The described methods are capable of distinguishing organ rejection injury from other organ tissue damage in the ...
Goldblum, Randall M.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

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