Testosterone exacerbates neutrophilia and cardiac injury in myocardial infarction via actions in bone marrow

Testosterone exacerbates neutrophilia and cardiac injury in myocardial infarction via actions in bone marrow

Abstract Men develop larger infarct sizes than women after a myocardial infarction (MI), but the mechanism underlying this sex difference is unknown. Here, we demonstrated that blood neutrophil counts post-MI were higher in male than female mice. Castration-induced testosterone deficiency reduced bl...

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Main Authors: Elin Svedlund Eriksson, Marta Lantero Rodriguez, Bente Halvorsen, Inger Johansson, Anna K. F. Mårtensson, Anna S. Wilhelmson, Camilla Huse, Thor Ueland, Pål Aukrust, Kaspar Broch, Lars Gullestad, Brage Høyem Amundsen, Geir Øystein Andersen, Mikael C. I. Karlsson, Malin Hagberg Thulin, Alessandro Camponeschi, Dana Trompet, Ola Hammarsten, Björn Redfors, Jan Borén, Elmir Omerovic, Malin C. Levin, Andrei S. Chagin, Tuva B. Dahl, Åsa Tivesten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56217-x
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