The role of sex hormones in systemic lupus erythematosus

A Gender Gap in Autoimmunity

1999 • 856 citations

Age and sex associations of 40 autoimmune diseases

1994 • 355 citations

Possible underlying mechanisms of sexual dimorphism in the immune response, fact and hypothesis

1989 • 346 citations

Low plasma androgens in women with systemic lupus erythematosus

1987 • 286 citations

Regulation of the immune response by sex hormones. I. In vitro effects of estradiol and testosterone on pokeweed mitogen-induced human B cell differentiation.

1988 • 242 citations

Influence of Testosterone Therapy on Clinical and Immunological Features of Autoimmune Diseases Associated with Klinefelter’s Syndrome

1987 • 183 citations

Sex- and stress-steroids interactions and the immune system: evidence for a neuroendocrine-immunological sexual dimorphism

1998 • 167 citations

Altered estrogen metabolism and excretion in humans following consumption of indole‐3‐carbinol

1991 • 155 citations

Androgens Accelerate Thymocyte Apoptosis¹

1998 • 129 citations

Estrogen Decreasesin VitroApoptosis of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Women with Normal Menstrual Cycles and Decreases TNF-α Production in SLE but Not in Normal Cultures

1997 • 96 citations

Cytokines and adhesion molecules in renal vasculitis and lupus nephritis

1998 • 78 citations

Effects of Prolactin in Stimulating Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus^a

1998 • 67 citations

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and systemic lupus erythematosus

1998 • 53 citations

Cytokine mRNA Expression in the B/W Mouse Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus—Analyses of Strain, Gender, and Age Effects

1997 • 50 citations

Emerging Concepts of the Molecular Basis for Estrogen Effects on T Lymphocytes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

1998 • 12 citations