Male mice have weaker immune responses in the skin than female mice.

Thursday, April 11, 2024 Androgens Control Skin Immunity in Mice, NIAID Researchers Find Confocal microscopy image of dendritic cells (red) reaching into a hair follicle (black) in mouse skin. Credit: NIAID Male mice have weaker immune responses to infection and microbial colonization of the skin than female mice because male sex hormones reduce the density and activation of key immune cells in skin, NIAID researchers have found. The findings are published in the journal Science. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact Subscriber Help. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).                             This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107