Kynurenic acid may underlie sex-specific immune responses to COVID-19

Cai, YP; Kim, DJ; Takahashi, T; Broadhurst, DI; Yan, H; Ma, SG; Rattray, NJW; Casanovas-Massana, A; Israelow, B; Klein, J; Lucas, C; Mao, TY; Moore, AJ; Muenker, MC; Oh, JE; Silva, J; Wong, P; Ko, AI; Khan, SA; Lwasaki, A; Johnson, CH

Johnson, CH (corresponding author), Yale Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Environm Hlth Sci, New Haven, CT 06510 USA.

SCIENCE SIGNALING, 2021; 14 (690):

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has poorer clinical outcomes in males than in females, and immune responses underlie these sex-related differences......

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