Autoimmune Disease Linked to Estrogen Deficiency
Estrogen may have a new purpose in treating or preventing certain types of autoimmune disease, according to a new study
11-Aug-2004 -
Autoimmune diseases, like Sjogren's syndrome, are much more prevalent in women than men. This suggests that estrogen probably plays an important role in the disease; however, no definitive link has yet been found.
Jan-Ake Gustafsson and colleagues now report that estrogen-deficient mice develop ...
autoimmune diseases
diseases
immune cells