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ReviewBiomolecules2022

Hormones and Sex-Specific Medicine in Human Physiopathology.

Maria Raza Tokatli, Leuconoe Grazia Sisti, Eleonora Marziali, Lorenza Nachira, Maria Francesca Rossi, Carlotta Amantea, Umberto Moscato, Walter Malorni

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Review in Biomolecules, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Toward Sex-Specific Biomaterials Innovation: A Perspective.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2025
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  11. Long-term outcomes of lung cancer screening in males and females.Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023
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  16. The woman's hand.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2023
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  17. Endocrine Aspects of ICU-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022
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  18. Sex and gender differences in migraines: a narrative review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022
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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Raza TokatliCourse in Pharmacy, University of Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5744-9173
Leuconoe Grazia SistiCenter for Global Health Research and Studies, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5443-0001
Eleonora MarzialiCenter for Global Health Research and Studies, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Lorenza NachiraCenter for Global Health Research and Studies, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Maria Francesca RossiDepartment of Life Sciences and Public Health, Section of Occupational Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Carlotta AmanteaDepartment of Life Sciences and Public Health, Section of Occupational Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Umberto MoscatoCenter for Global Health Research and Studies, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2568-3966
Walter MalorniCourse in Pharmacy, University of Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1223-7000
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A prodigious increment of scientific evidence in both preclinical and clinical studies is narrowing a major gap in knowledge regarding sex-specific biological responses observed in numerous branches of clinical practices. Some paradigmatic examples include neurodegenerative and mental disorders, immune-related disorders such as pathogenic infections and autoimmune diseases, oncologic conditions, and cardiovascular morbidities. The male-to-female proportion in a population is expressed as sex ratio and varies eminently with respect to the pathophysiology, natural history, incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates. The factors that determine this scenario incorporate both sex-associated biological differences and gender-dependent sociocultural issues. A broad narrative review focused on the current knowledge about the role of hormone regulation in gender medicine and gender peculiarities across key clinical areas is provided. Sex differences in immune response, cardiovascular diseases, neurological disorders, cancer, and COVID-19 are some of the hints reported. Moreover, gender implications in occupational health and health policy are offered to support the need for more personalized clinical medicine and public health approaches to achieve an ameliorated quality of life of patients and better outcomes in population health.

Indexed as

COVID-19Quality of LifeFemaleHormonesHumansMalePrecision MedicineSex CharacteristicsHormonescancercardiovascular diseasesgender medicineimmunityinfectious diseasesneurodegenerative diseasesneurological diseasessex hormones

Identifiers

PMID35327605
PMCPMC8946266
OpenAlexW4220716628

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