Sexual dimorphism in immune response genes as a function of puberty

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Autoimmune diseases are more prevalent in females than in males, whereas males have higher mortality associated with infectious diseases. To increase our understanding of this sexual dimorphism in the immune system, we sought to iden...

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Main Authors: Rosen Antony, Cohen Phillip, Chae Jae, Agarwal Rajeev, Hall John C, Davis Adrian, Rawat Rashmi, Zhao Po, Lamason Rebecca, Hoffman Eric P, Nagaraju Kanneboyina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-02-01
Series:BMC Immunology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2172/7/2