Sexual dimorphism in biomedical research: A call to analyse by sex

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 385-387

  Flanagan, Katie L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunity; Infections; MicroRNAs; Sex hormones; Vaccines; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; MICRORNA; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TESTOSTERONE; TETANUS TOXOID; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

AMEBIASIS; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; EDITORIAL; GIARDIASIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UTERUS; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 84902455764     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru079     Document Type: Editorial

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