Sex differences in sequelae from COVID-19 infection and in long COVID syndrome: a review

SV Sylvester, R Rusu, B Chan, M Bellows… - Current Medical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective We conducted literature reviews to uncover differential effects of sex on sequelae
from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and on long COVID syndrome. Methods Two …

Sex differences in immunity to viral infections

H Jacobsen, SL Klein - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has increased awareness about sex-specific differences
in immunity and outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Strong evidence of a male bias …

Sex hormones determine immune response

V Taneja - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Females and males differ in the energy consumption and nutritional requirements which are
based on the interactions between environmental factors and sex hormones (1). The studies …

Sexual dimorphism in innate immunity

S Jaillon, K Berthenet, C Garlanda - Clinical reviews in allergy & …, 2019 - Springer
Sexual dimorphisms account for differences in clinical manifestations or incidence of
infectious or autoimmune diseases and malignancy between females and males. Females …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in immune responses

SL Klein, KL Flanagan - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2016 - nature.com
Males and females differ in their immunological responses to foreign and self-antigens and
show distinctions in innate and adaptive immune responses. Certain immunological sex …

Sex-based differences in immune function and responses to vaccination

SL Klein, I Marriott, EN Fish - … of the Royal Society of Tropical …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Females typically develop higher antibody responses and experience more adverse
reactions following vaccination than males. These differences are observed in response to …

COVID-19 as an acute inflammatory disease

RH Manjili, M Zarei, M Habibi… - The journal of immunology, 2020 - journals.aai.org
Abstract The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the virus severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has created an unprecedented …

Suppressive effects of androgens on the immune system

A Trigunaite, J Dimo, TN Jørgensen - Cellular immunology, 2015 - Elsevier
Sex-based disparities in immune responses are well known phenomena. The two most
important factors accounting for the sex-bias in immunity are genetics and sex hormones …

Sexual dimorphism and gender in infectious diseases

L Gay, C Melenotte, I Lakbar, S Mezouar… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Epidemiological studies and clinical observations show evidence of sexual dimorphism in
infectious diseases. Women are at less risk than men when it comes to developing most …

Sex drives dimorphic immune responses to viral infections

S Ghosh, RS Klein - The journal of immunology, 2017 - journals.aai.org
New attention to sexual dimorphism in normal mammalian physiology and disease has
uncovered a previously unappreciated breadth of mechanisms by which females and males …