Sexual dimorphism in innate immune responses to infectious organisms.

Abstract:

:Gender has long been known to be a contributory factor in the incidence and progression of disorders associated with immune system dysregulation. More recently, evidence has accumulated that gender may also play an important role in infectious disease susceptibility. In general, females generate more robust and potentially protective humoral and cell-mediated immune responses following antigenic challenge than their male counterparts. In contrast, males have frequently been observed to mount more aggressive and damaging inflammatory immune responses to microbial stimuli. In this article we review the evidence for sexual dimorphism in innate immune responses to infectious organisms and describe our recent studies that may provide a mechanism underlying gender-based differences in conditions such as bacterial sepsis.

journal_name

Immunol Res

journal_title

Immunologic research

authors

Marriott I,Huet-Hudson YM

doi

10.1385/IR:34:3:177

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-01-01 00:00:00

pages

177-92

issue

3

eissn

0257-277X

issn

1559-0755

pii

IR:34:3:177

journal_volume

34

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