Multiple sclerosis is a complex, multifactorial, dysimmune disease prevalent in women. Its etiopathogenesis is extremely intricate, since each risk factor behaves as a variable that is in-terconnected with others. In order to understand these interactions, sex must be considered as a determining element, either in a protective or pathological sense, and not as one of many variables. In particular, sex seems to highly influence immune response at chromosomal, epigenetic, and hormonal levels. Environmental and genetic risk factors cannot be considered without sex, since sex-based immunological differences deeply affect disease onset, course, and prognosis. Understanding the mechanisms underlying sex-based differences is necessary in order to develop a more effective and personalized therapeutic approach.
A case of double standard. Sex differences in multiple sclerosis risk factors / Angeloni, B.; Bigi, R.; Bellucci, G.; Mechelli, R.; Ballerini, C.; Romano, C.; Morena, E.; Pellicciari, G.; Renie, R.; Rinaldi, V.; Buscarinu, M. C.; Romano, S.; Ristori, G.; Salvetti, M.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1661-6596. - 22:7(2021), pp. 1-11. [10.3390/ijms22073696]
A case of double standard. Sex differences in multiple sclerosis risk factors
Bigi R.
;Bellucci G.;Mechelli R.;Ballerini C.;Romano C.;Morena E.;Pellicciari G.;Renie R.;Rinaldi V.;Buscarinu M. C.;Romano S.;Ristori G.;Salvetti M.
2021
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis is a complex, multifactorial, dysimmune disease prevalent in women. Its etiopathogenesis is extremely intricate, since each risk factor behaves as a variable that is in-terconnected with others. In order to understand these interactions, sex must be considered as a determining element, either in a protective or pathological sense, and not as one of many variables. In particular, sex seems to highly influence immune response at chromosomal, epigenetic, and hormonal levels. Environmental and genetic risk factors cannot be considered without sex, since sex-based immunological differences deeply affect disease onset, course, and prognosis. Understanding the mechanisms underlying sex-based differences is necessary in order to develop a more effective and personalized therapeutic approach.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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