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ReviewBMC pulmonary medicine2025

Sex disparities in cystic fibrosis in the era of highly effective modulator treatment.

Emma McNally, Michelle Casey

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Review in BMC pulmonary medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  4. Frontiers in global women's health · 2026
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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

2 authors.

Emma McNallyDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Michelle CaseyCystic Fibrosis Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin , Ireland. Michellecasey@rcsi.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive lung disease and extra-pulmonary manifestations with notable sex disparities in disease outcomes. In this review we summarize the underlying mechanisms driving this sex disparity, with a particular focus on the role of sex hormones on CF lung disease pathophysiology. We explore how the introduction of highly effective modulator therapies (HEMT) may impact sex differences in outcomes and assess whether they have the potential to close the sex gap. While treatment with HEMT has led to better outcomes in the CF population as a whole, females with CF continue to experience worse pulmonary morbidity than males. There is a need for continued research in this area, particularly into the influence and therapeutic potential of sex hormones.

Indexed as

Cystic FibrosisGonadal Steroid HormonesHealth Status DisparitiesFemaleHumansMaleSex FactorsGonadal Steroid HormonesCystic fibrosisDisparityHormoneModulatorSex

Identifiers

PMID40316939
PMCPMC12046722

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