Progesterone as an anti-inflammatory drug and immunomodulator: new aspects in hormonal regulation of the inflammation

TA Fedotcheva, NI Fedotcheva, NL Shimanovsky - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The specific regulation of inflammatory processes by steroid hormones has been actively
studied in recent years, especially by progesterone (P4) and progestins. The mechanisms of …

The immune response to COVID‐19: Does sex matter?

JQ Ho, MR Sepand, B Bigdelou, T Shekarian… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has created unprecedented
challenges worldwide. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) …

Sex hormones in SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility: key players or confounders?

N Lott, CE Gebhard, S Bengs, A Haider… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has a clear sex
disparity in clinical outcomes. Hence, the interaction between sex hormones, virus entry …

A unified model of the biology of peripartum depression

G Levin, T Ein-Dor - Translational Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Peripartum depression (PPD) is a prevalent and debilitating disorder that adversely affects
the development of mothers and infants. Recently, there has been a plea for increased …

Characteristics of hair loss after COVID‐19: A systematic scoping review

T Czech, S Sugihara… - Journal of Cosmetic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective While there are literature reporting increased incidence of hair loss in COVID‐19
patients, insufficient evidence exists on the topic to date. This review aims to identify the …

Lifestyle, course of COVID-19, and risk of Long-COVID in non-hospitalized patients

M Pływaczewska-Jakubowska, M Chudzik… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The coronavirus disease (COVID) 2019 pandemic remains a great challenge for
the healthcare system. The widely reported prolonged signs and symptoms resulting from …

Estradiol reduces ACE2 and TMPRSS2 mRNA levels in A549 human lung epithelial cells

G Baristaite, D Gurwitz - Drug development research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Epidemiologic studies suggest slightly higher risk of severe Covid‐19 symptoms and
fatalities following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in men compared with women from similar age …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of COVID-19 infection and vaccination on the female reproductive system: a narrative review

S Pourmasumi, NG Kounis, M Naderi… - Balkan medical …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Several studies and research papers have been published to elucidate and understand the
mechanism of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its long-term effects …

Integrated metabolic and inflammatory signatures associated with severity of, fatality of, and recovery from COVID-19

LG Gardinassi, CP Servian, GS Lima… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and mortality have been
associated with physiological alterations that provide insights into the pathogenesis of the …

Statistical analyses of ordinal outcomes in randomised controlled trials: a scoping review

CJ Selman, KJ Lee, KN Ferguson, CL Whitehead… - Trials, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) aim to estimate the causal effect
of one or more interventions relative to a control. One type of outcome that can be of interest …