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ReviewBiology of sex differences2015

Sex differences in Sjögren's syndrome: a comprehensive review of immune mechanisms.

Jessica E Brandt, Roberta Priori, Guido Valesini, DeLisa Fairweather

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Review in Biology of sex differences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
81citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Sex-dependent mechanisms in rheumatic diseases.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2026
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  14. Evaluation of patients diagnosed with primary Sjogren's syndrome with and without pulmonary involvement.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG · 2025
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21 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jessica E BrandtDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA ; Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialita Mediche, Sapienza Universita di Roma, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Roberta PrioriReumatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialita Mediche, Sapienza Universita di Roma, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Guido ValesiniReumatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialita Mediche, Sapienza Universita di Roma, 00161 Rome, Italy.
DeLisa FairweatherDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA ; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224 USA.
Sapienza University of Rome · ITJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Sex Differences in Complement during Myocarditis/DCMR01HL111938 · NHLBI · MAYO CLINIC JACKSONVILLE · PI FAIRWEATHER, DELISA · 2012 to 2015
$1.6M
Endocrine disruptors effect on inflammatory heart diseaseR21ES024414 · NIEHS · MAYO CLINIC JACKSONVILLE · PI FAIRWEATHER, DELISA · 2014 to 2015
$440k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL111938NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES024414
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoimmune diseases (ADs) are estimated to affect between 5 and 8 % of the US population, and approximately 80 % of these patients are women. Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is an AD that occurs predominately in women over men (16:1). The hallmark characteristic of SS is diminished secretory production from the primary exocrine gland and the lacrimal or salivary glands resulting in symptoms of dry eye and mouth. The disease is believed to be mediated by an inflammatory and autoantibody response directed against salivary and lacrimal gland tissues. This review will examine the literature on sex differences in the immune response of patients and animal models of Sjögren's syndrome in order to gain a better understanding of disease pathogenesis.

Indexed as

AutoantibodiesAutoimmune diseaseInflammationLymphomaSex differencesSjögren’s syndrome

Identifiers

PMID26535108
PMCPMC4630965
OpenAlexW2118065323

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