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ReviewBiology of sex differences2024

The influence of sex on neuroimmune communication, pain, and physiology.

Shevon N Alexander, Audrey R Green, Emily K Debner, Lindsey E Ramos Freitas, Hanna M K Abdelhadi, Thomas A Szabo-Pardi, Michael D Burton

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Review in Biology of sex differences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Not Just Neurons: Pain Is Orchestrated in Partnership with Many Non-neuronal Cells.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  12. Sex differences in the transition to chronic pain.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Shevon N AlexanderNeuroimmunology and Behavior Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, BSB 10.537, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3575-4051
Audrey R GreenNeuroimmunology and Behavior Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, BSB 10.537, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5219-4554
Emily K DebnerNeuroimmunology and Behavior Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, BSB 10.537, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2551-912X
Lindsey E Ramos FreitasNeuroimmunology and Behavior Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, BSB 10.537, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2783-8519
Hanna M K AbdelhadiNeuroimmunology and Behavior Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, BSB 10.537, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0582-3236
Thomas A Szabo-PardiNeuroimmunology and Behavior Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, BSB 10.537, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0477-1887
Michael D BurtonNeuroimmunology and Behavior Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Center for Advanced Pain Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, BSB 10.537, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA. michael.burton@utdallas.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0628-824X

Funding

Mechanisms involved in postoperative recovery: a focus on pain, delirium, and neuroinflammationR35GM147094 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI Michael D Burton · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
The role of cell-specific TLR4 in Diabetic Peripheral NeuropathyR21DK130015 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI BURTON, MICHAEL D · 2022 to 2024
$577k
NIDDK NIH HHS R21DK130015NIGMS NIH HHS R35GM147094Rita Allen Foundation Pain ScholarUniversity of Texas System Rising STAR Fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the National Institutes of Health's mandate to consider sex as a biological variable (SABV), there has been a significant increase of studies utilizing both sexes. Historically, we have known that biological sex and hormones influence immunological processes and now studies focusing on interactions between the immune, endocrine, and nervous systems are revealing sex differences that influence pain behavior and various molecular and biochemical processes. Neuroendocrine-immune interactions represent a key integrative discipline that will reveal critical processes in each field as it pertains to novel mechanisms in sex differences and necessary therapeutics. Here we appraise preclinical and clinical literature to discuss these interactions and key pathways that drive cell- and sex-specific differences in immunity, pain, and physiology.

Indexed as

NeuroimmunomodulationPainSex CharacteristicsAnimalsFemaleHumansMaleHormonesNeuroimmunePainPhysiologySex differencesTranslational

Identifiers

PMID39439003
PMCPMC11494817

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