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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Sex chromosomes/hormones and the tumor microenvironment of non-reproductive cancers.

Chun-Miao Zhang, Zhong-Bo Ge, Hai-Hong Zhou, Meng-Xiao Wei, Xin-Yuan Ding, Zhe-Zheng Lin, Ming-Yu Wang, Cai-Juan Bai

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Chun-Miao ZhangKey Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Zhong-Bo GeMinistry Of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Hai-Hong ZhouCentre for Translational Medicine, Gansu Provincial Academic Institute for Medical Research, Lanzhou, China.
Meng-Xiao WeiMinistry Of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Xin-Yuan DingMinistry Of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Zhe-Zheng LinMinistry Of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Ming-Yu WangMinistry Of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Cai-Juan BaiNational Health Commission Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Therapy of Gastrointestinal Tumor, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer exhibits profound sexual dimorphism in incidence and therapeutic outcomes, driven by the interplay between biological sex determinants and immune regulation. Besides established environmental risk factors (e.g., male-predominant smoking/alcohol consumption), emerging evidence identifies the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) as a pivotal mediator of sex disparities in carcinogenesis and immunotherapy response. This review synthesizes recent advances in two fundamental mechanisms: (1) Sex chromosome biology: Recent studies delineate the Ubiquitous loss of chromosome Y (LOY) of male cancers that promotes immunosuppressive TIME remodeling, while X-chromosome inactivation escape in females enhances antitumor immunity; (2) Endocrine regulation: Androgen receptor signaling induces T-cell exhaustion via PD-1 transcriptional activation in males. Estrogen-ERα boosts cancer progression via PD-L1 high expression, whereas ERβ inhibits cancer progression via CD8

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NeoplasmsSex ChromosomesTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsFemaleHumansMaleReceptors, AndrogenSex CharacteristicsReceptors, Androgenantitumor immunityloss of Y chromosomenon-reproductive cancersex hormonesexual dimorphismtumor microenvironmentX-chromosome inactivation escape

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PMID41019050
PMCPMC12463827

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