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. 2018 Mar 21;9:552. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00552

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Copyright © 2018 Capone, Marchetti, Ascierto, Malorni and Gabriele.

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Sexual dimorphism of the immune responses. Immune components of both innate and adaptive immunity are differently regulated in females and males. Apparently, females display higher capability of mounting type-2 versus type-1 immune responses, whereas males seem to prefer type-1 immune responses, of which many traits are still unclear. As a matter of fact, the difference of the strength of type-1 immunity between sexes is smaller than that of type 2, preserving the onset of female inflammatory cell-mediated immune responses.