Immune cells have sex and so should journal articles

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2544-2550

  Klein, Sabra L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; ESTRADIOL; HERPES SIMPLEX VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MICRORNA; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENITAL HERPES; HEREDITY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84861302903     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-2120     Document Type: Short Survey

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