Journal article
Biological sex, not reproductive cycle, influences peripheral blood immune cell prevalence in mice
Abstract
KEY POINTS: Traditionally the female sex, compared with the male sex, has been perceived as having greater variability in many physiological traits, including within the immune system. We investigated effects of biological sex and the female reproductive cycle on numbers of circulating leukocytes in C57BL/6J mice. We show that biological sex, but not female reproductive cyclicity, has a significant effect on peripheral blood immune cell …
Authors
Breznik JA; Schulz C; Ma J; Sloboda DM; Bowdish DME
Journal
The Journal of Physiology, Vol. 599, No. 8, pp. 2169–2195
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
April 2021
DOI
10.1113/jp280637
ISSN
0022-3751