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2023.02.14
Why men are at higher risk from COVID-19 (WIng G, in PNAS)
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The identification of the cellular basis for the known sex-specific differences will be key in protecting everyone, especially those most at risk from COVID-19 infection. The research group of Jonas Nørskov Søndergaard and James Wing (CiDER, Osaka University/Human Single Cell Immunology, IFReC) uncovered the sex-specific differences in a type of regulatory T cells (Treg), and in the production of antibodies.
Sex skewed disruption between T-follicular regulatory cells (Tfr), T-peripheral helper cells
(Tph) and antibody producing B-cells and plasmablasts during acute COVID-19.
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