How sex and age affect immune responses, susceptibility to infections, and response to vaccination

C Giefing‐Kröll, P Berger, G Lepperdinger… - Aging cell, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Do men die young and sick, or do women live long and healthy? By trying to explain the
sexual dimorphism in life expectancy, both biological and environmental aspects are …

Supporting sexuality and improving sexual function in transgender persons

M Holmberg, S Arver, C Dhejne - Nature Reviews Urology, 2019 - nature.com
Sexuality is important for most cisgender as well as transgender persons and is an essential
aspect of quality of life. For both the patient and their clinicians, managing gender dysphoria …

Sex-specific estrogen levels and reference intervals from infancy to late adulthood determined by LC-MS/MS

H Frederiksen, TH Johannsen… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Context The lack of sensitive and robust analytical methods has hindered the reliable
quantification of estrogen metabolites in subjects with low concentrations. Objective To …

Androgen misuse and abuse

DJ Handelsman - Endocrine Reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Androgens are potent drugs requiring prescription for valid medical indications but are
misused for invalid, unproven, or off-label reasons as well as being abused without …

Aging and the male reproductive system

JM Kaufman, B Lapauw, A Mahmoud… - Endocrine …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This narrative review presents an overview of current knowledge on fertility and reproductive
hormone changes in aging men, the factors driving and modulating these changes, their …

Aging and androgens: physiology and clinical implications

BD Anawalt, AM Matsumoto - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract In men>~ 35 years, aging is associated with perturbations in the hypothalamus-
pituitary–testicular axis and declining serum testosterone concentrations. The major …

Sex hormones and anticancer immunity

BC Özdemir, GP Dotto - Clinical Cancer Research, 2019 - AACR
The impact of sex hormones on anticancer immunity deserves attention due to the
importance of the immune system in cancer therapy and the recognition of sex differences in …

Sex hormone therapy and tenofovir diphosphate concentration in dried blood spots: primary results of the interactions between antiretrovirals and transgender …

RM Grant, M Pellegrini, PA Defechereux… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Sex hormone and preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drug interactions among
transgender women (TGW), transgender men (TGM), and cisgender men (CGM) are not fully …

Bone health in ageing men

K David, N Narinx, L Antonio, P Evenepoel… - Reviews in Endocrine …, 2022 - Springer
Osteoporosis does not only affect postmenopausal women, but also ageing men. The
burden of disease is projected to increase with higher life expectancy both in females and …

Age-specific population centiles for androgen status in men

DJ Handelsman, BB Yeap, L Flicker… - European journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Aim The age-specific population profiles in men of circulating testosterone and its two
bioactive metabolites dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and estradiol (E2) across the adult lifespan …