ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2023

4. Differences of Sexual Development (DSD) and Gender Incongruence (GI)

Effects of Hormone Intervention on the Immune System

ey0020.4-13 | Effects of Hormone Intervention on the Immune System | ESPEYB20

4.13. Investigating sex differences in T regulatory cells from cisgender and transgender healthy individuals and patients with autoimmune inflammatory disease: a cross-sectional study

GA Robinson , J Peng , H Peckham , G Butler , I Pineda-Torra , C Ciurtin , EC Jury

Brief summary: This study further explores the sex differences in autoimmune regulation and the control of normal inflammatory responses, and also helps us understand why there are sex differences in the aetiology of autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It demonstrates the changes that occur in cisgender pubertal development on the T regulatory cell (Treg), B cell and monocyte population, and using samples from transgender adolescents undergoing GnRH...