Matters of life and death: how estrogen and estrogen receptor binding to the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus may influence outcomes of infection, allergy, and autoimmune disease

Sex hormones are best known for their influences on reproduction, but they also have profound influences on the immune response. Examples of sex-specific differences include: (i) the relatively poor control of influenza virus infections in males compared to females, (ii) allergic asthma, an IgE-asso...

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Published in:Cell Immunol
Main Authors: Jones, Bart G., Penkert, Rhiannon R., Surman, Sherri L., Sealy, Robert E., Pelletier, Stephane, Xu, Beisi, Neale, Geoff, Maul, Robert W., Gearhart, Patricia J., Hurwitz, J.L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7368653/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31703914
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cellimm.2019.103996
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