The essential integration of sex and gender in immunological research

Marcus Altfeld; Camila Consiglio; Duffy Darragh; Molly Ingersoll; Cliona O'Farrelly; Tal Pecht; Tal Shay; Helena Soares

doi:10.1016/j.imlet.2025.107097

The essential integration of sex and gender in immunological research

Marcus Altfeld
, Camila Consiglio
, Duffy Darragh
, Molly Ingersoll
, Cliona O'Farrelly
, Tal Pecht
, Tal Shay
, Helena Soares

Department of Life Sciences

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Original language	English
Article number	107097
Journal	Immunology Letters
Volume	277
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imlet.2025.107097
State	Published - 1 Feb 2026

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

Gender differences
Health equity
Precision medicine
Scientific policy
Sex differences in immunity
Translational immunology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Immunology and Allergy
Immunology

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