Immunology. Welcome to the microgenderome
Science
.
2013 Mar 1;339(6123):1044-5.
doi: 10.1126/science.1236226.
Authors
Magdalena B Flak
1
,
Joana F Neves
,
Richard S Blumberg
Affiliation
1
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Digestive Diseases Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
PMID:
23449586
PMCID:
PMC4005781
DOI:
10.1126/science.1236226
Abstract
Commensal gut bacteria reinforce the gender bias observed in an autoimmune form of diabetes.
Publication types
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment
MeSH terms
Animals
Autoimmunity*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / microbiology*
Female
Gonadal Steroid Hormones / immunology*
Intestines / microbiology*
Male
Metagenome*
Sex Characteristics*
Substances
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
Grants and funding
R37 DK044319/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
R01 DK088199/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
R01 DK051362/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
DK0034854/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
R01 DK053056/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
DK051362/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
DK088199/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
R01 DK044319/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
DK044319/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
P30 DK034854/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
DK053056/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
R56 DK053056/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States