Sex Hormones and Immunity to Infection

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Klein, Sabra L. (Editor), Roberts, Craig. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Endocrinology.; Biochemistry.; Evolution (Biology).; Microbiology.; Animal genetics.; Biomedicine.; Evolutionary Biology.; Animal Biochemistry.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02155-8

Why sex matters Among human and nonhuman animals, the prevalence and intensity of infection typically is higher in males than females and may reflect differences in exposure as well as susceptibility to pathogens. Elevated immunity among females is a double-edged sword in which it is beneficial agai...

Table of Contents:

• Sex Differences in Susceptibility to Infection: An Evolutionary Perspective
• Effects of Sex Steroids on Innate and Adaptive Immunity
• Sex Steroid Receptors on Immune Cells
• Differences in Susceptibility to Viral Infection
• Sex Differences in Innate Immune Responses to Bacterial Pathogens
• Sex Hormones and Regulation of Host Responses Against Parasites
• Sex Differences in Parasitic Infections: Beyond the Dogma of Female-biased Resistance
• Progesterone, Pregnancy, and Innate Immunity
• Pregnancy and Susceptibility to Parasites
• Sex Steroids and Risk of Female Genital Tract Infection
• Sex, Pregnancy and Measles
• Epilogue: Challenges for the Future.