The pregnancy compensation hypothesis, not the staying alive theory, accounts for disparate autoimmune functioning of women around the world
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22000589
Abstract: Abstract The pregnancy compensation hypothesis provides a mechanistic explanation for the evolution of sex differences in immune system functioning, the excess of women experiencing autoimmune disease, and why this is observed only in industrialized nations;… read more here.
Keywords: staying alive; compensation hypothesis; pregnancy compensation; alive theory ... See more keywords
Desmoglein compensation hypothesis fidelity assessment in Pemphigus
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DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.969278
Abstract: The pemphigus group of autoimmune blistering diseases encompasses pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and pemphigus foliaceus (PF). Lesion location in pemphigus has been elegantly postulated by the Desmoglein Compensation Hypothesis (DCH), which references the distribution of desmoglein… read more here.
Keywords: hypothesis; pemphigus; compensation hypothesis; dsg3 ... See more keywords