Host Sex Steroids Interact With Virus Infection: New Insights Into Sex Disparity in Infectious Diseases
Sex hormones are steroid hormones synthesized from the gonads of animals and tissues such as the placenta and adrenocortical reticular zone. The physiological functions of sex hormones are complex. Sex hormones are not only pathologically correlated with many diseases of the reproductive system, but...
Main Authors: | Jinfeng Wu, Lei Zhang, Xing Wang |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.747347/full |
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