Sex hormone signaling and regulation of immune function

JP Hoffmann, JA Liu, K Seddu, SL Klein - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Immune responses to antigens, including innocuous, self, tumor, microbial, and vaccine
antigens, differ between males and females. The quest to uncover the mechanisms for …

[HTML][HTML] Implications of sex differences in immunity for SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis and design of therapeutic interventions

MJ Bunders, M Altfeld - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Men present more frequently with severe manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) and are at higher risk for death. The underlying mechanisms for these …

Estimates and projections of COVID-19 and parental death in the US

R Kidman, R Margolis, E Smith-Greenaway… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| We estimated the expected number of affected children for each COVID-19 death
(the parental bereavement multiplier), allowing us to track parental bereavement as the …

IL-23/IL-17A/TRPV1 axis produces mechanical pain via macrophage-sensory neuron crosstalk in female mice

X Luo, O Chen, Z Wang, S Bang, J Ji, SH Lee, Y Huh… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Although sex dimorphism is increasingly recognized as an important factor in pain, female-
specific pain signaling is not well studied. Here we report that administration of IL-23 …

[HTML][HTML] MTHFD2 is a metabolic checkpoint controlling effector and regulatory T cell fate and function

A Sugiura, G Andrejeva, K Voss, DR Heintzman, X Xu… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Antigenic stimulation promotes T cell metabolic reprogramming to meet increased
biosynthetic, bioenergetic, and signaling demands. We show that the one-carbon (1C) …

Worse progression of COVID‐19 in men: is testosterone a key factor?

VA Giagulli, E Guastamacchia, T Magrone, E Jirillo… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2)
disease 2019 (COVID‐19) seems to have a worse clinical course among infected men …

Androgen receptor signaling promotes Treg suppressive function during allergic airway inflammation

VD Gandhi, JY Cephus, AE Norlander… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Women have higher prevalence of asthma compared with men. In asthma, allergic airway
inflammation is initiated by IL-33 signaling through ST2, leading to increased IL-4, IL-5, and …

Sex steroid hormones and asthma in a nationwide study of US adults

YY Han, E Forno, JC Celedón - American journal of respiratory and …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Women have a higher burden of asthma than men. Although sex hormones may
explain sex differences in asthma, their role is unclear. Objectives: To examine sex hormone …

Sex steroids skew ACE2 expression in human airway: a contributing factor to sex differences in COVID-19?

RSR Kalidhindi, NA Borkar… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
The incidence, severity, and mortality of ongoing coronavirus infectious disease 19 (COVID-
19) is greater in men compared with women, but the underlying factors contributing to this …

The roles of sex hormones in the course of atopic dermatitis

N Kanda, T Hoashi, H Saeki - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by T helper 2 cell
(Th2)-shifted abnormal immunity, skin barrier impairment, and pruritus. The prevalence of …