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Sex-differential COVID-19 responses are mediated by kynurenic acid – News-Medical.Net
Now, a new study by a research team from Yale University, USA, Edith Cowan University, Australia, and the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, and published on the preprint server medRxiv in September 2020 shows that kynurenic acid is the underlying factor wh…

There are apparent sex-related differences in COVID-19 phenotypes. Thus, males have a higher risk of severe COVID-19, with 70% and 90% higher odds of hospitalization and death during their hospital stay, respectively. Inflammation is also elevated in moderately sick hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and males experience inflammation differently from females.
Now, a new study by a research team from Yale University, USA, Edith Cowan University, Australia, and the University of Strathclyde, Scotlan…