Understanding Sexual Dimorphism

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Jorge Morales-Montor, PhD – Professor of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Series: Leadership in a Changing World; Life Sciences Research and Development
BISAC: SCI086000; SCI008000; SCI070030
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/BLBW1727

This book provides updated information to scientists and clinicians that is valuable in their quest to gather information, carry out new investigations, and develop novel research about sexual dimorphism. Sexual dimorphism (SD) is the difference in morphology and physiology between sexes of the same species and it has been widely recognized as a very important risk factor in all diseases. Furthermore, SD can reflect the susceptibility associated with gender in human disease. This book should be of high priority to people interested in an update on sex differences in health and disease, and biological factors of risk, and explains the latest sex-associated factors for different types of diseases. It also delves into the advantage of modifying metabolism in order to obtain potential strategies for restoring the function of effector immune cells. Likewise, the book examines topics such as sex and cardiovascular disease, sex bias in immunity and immunity to infection and sex hormones cancer and autoimmunity. Additionally, it presents basic and clinical data of different diseases.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. The Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms behind the Contribution of Sexual Dimorphism in the Occurrence of Non-Communicable Diseases
María José Garcés-Hernández1 and Galileo Escobedo2
1Children’s Obesity Clinic, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
2Laboratory of Immunometabolism, Research Division, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Chapter 2. Sex Hormones and Cardiovascular Disease
Luis Chávez-Sánchez1, Alejandra Madrid-Miller2, Wendy Guadalupe Vázquez-González1, Luis Antonio Moreno-Ruíz3, Nataly Pérez-Velázquez4 and Adriana Karina Chávez-Rueda1
1Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, UMAE, Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México
2Consultorio de cardiología clínica, Torre de Especialidades Médicas Tepic, Vocal del capítulo de cardiopatías en la mujer de la Asociación Nacional de Cardiólogos de México A.C., Ciudad de México, México
3División de Cardiología,UMAE, Hospital de Cardiología, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México
4Servicio de Cardiología,UMAE, Hospital de Especialidades, Dr. Ignacio García Téllez, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mérida Yucatán, México

Chapter 3. Hormonal Bias in Cardiovascular Diseases: A Focus on the Atherosclerotic Process
Mariana Segovia-Mendoza1, Cristina Lemini1 and Jorge Morales-Montor2
1Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
2Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México

Chapter 4. Macrophages: Are They Key Players in Explaining Sex Associated Susceptibility of
the Immune Response?
Claudia Andrea Morales-Garay1, Jorge Morales-Montor2 and Claudia Angélica Garay-Canales2
1Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, México
2Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México

Chapter 5. Sexual Dimorphism and the Immune Response: Its Role in the Transmission of Infectious Diseases by Insect Vectors
Valeria Vargas-Ponce de León1,2, Jorge Cime-Castillo1, Edgar Quezada-Ruíz1,3, Salvador Hernández-Martínez1 and Humberto Lanz-Mendoza1
1National Institute of Public Health, Center for Research on Infectious Diseases, Department of Infection and Immunity, Morelos, Mexico
2Department of Immunology, Biomedical Research Institute, Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
3Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute. Department of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, Mexico City, Mexico

Chapter 6. The Role of Sexual Dimorphism in HIV Infection: How the HIV Pandemic Has Affected Men and Women Differently
Moisés Vergara-Mendoza1, Dante U. Ruiz1,2 and Mónica Viveros-Rogel1
1Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ), Department of Infectious Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico
2Graduate Program in Experimental Biology, DCBS, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico

Chapter 7. Sexual Dimorphism in Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Cancer
Yair Rodríguez Santiago1,2 and Jorge Morales-Montor1
1Departmento de Inmunologìa, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomèdicas, Universidad Nacional Autònoma de Mèxico, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
2 Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Edificio D, 1er piso, Circuito de Posgrados, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, México

Chapter 8. Hormonal Influence on the Development of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Adriana K. Chávez-Rueda, María Victoria Legorreta-Haquet, Paola Santana-Sánchez and Luis Chávez-Sánchez
Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología, UMAE Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México

Index

Author Biography

Author’s ORCID iD

Jorge Morales Montor – 0000-0002-9461-610X

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