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Sex hormones and the immune response in humans.
In addition to their effects on sexual differentiation and reproduction, sex hormones appear to influence the immune system. This results in a sexual dimorphism in the immune response in humans: for instance, females produce more vigorous cellular and more vigorous humoral immune reactions, are more resistant to certain infections, and suffer a higher incidence of autoimmune diseases. Disease e...
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of the 3H-label in their experiments is associated with the cells is difficult to interpret. Although some of the experiments by Hammes et al. are consistent with their “bound steroid” hypothesis (see, for example, Figure 2A), others are not (for example, see Figures 2B and 2C). At a concentration of 1 nM DHT plus 1 nM SHBG, 50% of the steroid exists in the free form. One nanomole of DHTSHBG an...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Immunology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1664-3224
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01931