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ArticleScientific reports2018

Minipuberty and Sexual Dimorphism in the Infant Human Thymus.

Carlos Alberto Moreira-Filho, Silvia Yumi Bando, Fernanda Bernardi Bertonha, Leandro Rodrigues Ferreira, Christiana de Freitas Vinhas, Lucila Habib Bourguignon Oliveira, Maria Claudia Nogueira Zerbini, Glaucio Furlanetto, Paulo Chaccur, Magda Carneiro-Sampaio

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carlos Alberto Moreira-FilhoDepartament of Pediatrics, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. carlos.moreira@hc.fm.usp.br.
Silvia Yumi BandoDepartament of Pediatrics, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Fernanda Bernardi BertonhaDepartament of Pediatrics, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Leandro Rodrigues FerreiraDepartament of Pediatrics, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Christiana de Freitas VinhasDepartment of Pathology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Lucila Habib Bourguignon OliveiraDepartament of Pediatrics, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Maria Claudia Nogueira ZerbiniDepartment of Pathology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Glaucio FurlanettoInstituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Paulo ChaccurInstituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Magda Carneiro-SampaioDepartament of Pediatrics, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BRInstituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AIRE expression in thymus is downregulated by estrogen after puberty, what probably renders women more susceptible to autoimmune disorders. Here we investigated the effects of minipuberty on male and female infant human thymic tissue in order to verify if this initial transient increase in sex hormones - along the first six months of life - could affect thymic transcriptional network regulation and AIRE expression. Gene co-expression network analysis for differentially expressed genes and miRNA-target analysis revealed sex differences in thymic tissue during minipuberty, but such differences were not detected in the thymic tissue of infants aged 7-18 months, i.e. the non-puberty group. AIRE expression was essentially the same in both sexes in minipuberty and in non-puberty groups, as assessed by genomic and immunohistochemical assays. However, AIRE-interactors networks showed several differences in all groups regarding gene-gene expression correlation. Therefore, minipuberty and genomic mechanisms interact in shaping thymic sexual dimorphism along the first six months of life.

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Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Regulatory NetworksSex CharacteristicsAIRE ProteinEstrogensFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene OntologyHumansInfantMaleMicroRNAsMolecular Sequence AnnotationSex FactorsThymus GlandTranscription FactorsAIRE ProteinEstrogensMicroRNAsTranscription Factors

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PMID30177771
PMCPMC6120939
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