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. 2021 May 7;8:600879. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.600879

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Potential mechanisms of gender gap in respiratory diseases. Multiple factors have been examined to explain the sex gap in respiratory diseases. Among them, the human microbiome, whether local (lung) or distal (intestine), appears to be an emerging key player linking many other factors.