The role of sex in the genomics of human complex traits

EA Khramtsova, LK Davis, BE Stranger - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Nearly all human complex traits and disease phenotypes exhibit some degree of sex
differences, including differences in prevalence, age of onset, severity or disease …

Klinefelter syndrome: integrating genetics, neuropsychology, and endocrinology

CH Gravholt, S Chang, M Wallentin, J Fedder… - Endocrine …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Although first identified over 70 years ago, Klinefelter syndrome (KS) continues to pose
substantial diagnostic challenges, as many patients are still misdiagnosed, or remain …

Epigenetic dysregulation of ACE2 and interferon-regulated genes might suggest increased COVID-19 susceptibility and severity in lupus patients

AH Sawalha, M Zhao, P Coit, Q Lu - Clinical Immunology, 2020 - Elsevier
Infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 can result in severe respiratory complications and death.
Patients with a compromised immune system are expected to be more susceptible to a …

European academy of andrology guidelines on Klinefelter syndrome endorsing organization: European Society of Endocrinology

M Zitzmann, L Aksglaede, G Corona, AM Isidori… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Knowledge about Klinefelter syndrome (KS) has increased
substantially since its first description almost 80 years ago. A variety of treatment options …

Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7)–driven accumulation of a novel CD11c+ B-cell population is important for the development of autoimmunity

AV Rubtsov, K Rubtsova, A Fischer… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
Females are more susceptible than males to many autoimmune diseases. The processes
causing this phenomenon are incompletely understood. Here, we demonstrate that aged …

SeXX matters in immunity

JG Markle, EN Fish - Trends in immunology, 2014 - cell.com
The significant contributions of sex to an immune response, specifically in the context of the
sex bias observed in susceptibility to infectious and autoimmune diseases and their …

The X chromosome and immune associated genes

I Bianchi, A Lleo, ME Gershwin, P Invernizzi - Journal of autoimmunity, 2012 - Elsevier
The X chromosome is known to contain the largest number of immune-related genes of the
whole human genome. For this reason, X chromosome has recently become subject of great …

Sex differences in psychiatric disorders: what we can learn from sex chromosome aneuploidies

T Green, S Flash, AL Reiss - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019 - nature.com
The study of sexual dimorphism in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders is
challenging due to the complex interplay of diverse biological, psychological, and social …

Autoimmune thyroid disease in specific genetic syndromes in childhood and adolescence

EM Kyritsi, C Kanaka-Gantenbein - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) is the most frequent cause of acquired thyroid
dysfunction, most commonly presenting either as Hashimoto's thyroiditis or Graves' Disease …

Sex differences in autoimmune diseases

R Voskuhl - Biology of sex differences, 2011 - Springer
Women are more susceptible to a variety of autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE), multiple sclerosis (MS), primary biliary cirrhosis, rheumatoid arthritis …