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Establishment of Rat Models Mimicking Gender-affirming Hormone Therapies
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2025
The protocol describes the development of two rodent models mimicking gender-affirming hormone therapies through subcutaneous administration of testosterone or estradiol plus cyproterone acetate (used in human therapies for transgender people): setting of the doses, identification of relevant biomarkers, and evaluation of the effects.
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Skeletal Muscle Gender Dimorphism from Proteomics
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2011
A straight-forward set of methods to isolate and determine the identity of the most abundant proteins expressed in skeletal muscle. About 800 spots are discerned on a two-dimensional gel from 10 mg muscle; this allows for the determination of gender-specific protein expression. These methods will give equivalent results in most tissues.
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Biomarker Identification for Gender Specificity of Alzheimer's Disease Based on the Glial Transcriptome Profiles
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2024
This study analyzed single-nuclei transcriptomes of thirty-three individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD), revealing sex-specific DEGs in glial cells. Functional enrichment analysis highlighted synaptic, neural, and hormone-related pathways. Key genes, namely NLGN4Y and its regulators, were identified, and potential therapeutic candidates for gender-specific AD were proposed.
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Socioemotional Experience and Gender Development
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2025
Social-emotional experiences and cultural influences play significant roles in shaping gender development. During middle childhood, from ages 6 to 11, peer groups become dominant in reinforcing gender norms. Children in this age group often align with same-gender peer groups, which actively encourage behaviors that conform to traditional gender roles. For instance, boys may be discouraged from engaging in activities perceived as feminine, reinforcing culturally dictated norms about masculinity...
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Parental Influences on Gender Typing
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2026
Parents shape children’s understanding of gender through “gender-typing,” the process of learning culturally appropriate behaviors, interests, and roles for boys and girls.Reinforcement of Gender NormsFrom infancy, parents may communicate gender expectations through speech, play, praise, and behavior. Fathers may praise boys for bravery or assertiveness while responding more sensitively to girls. Gendered descriptions in books, divisions of household labor, and parental hobbies can also...
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Sex chromosomes and gonadal hormones can influence gene regulation, development, metabolism, immune signaling, and disease susceptibility. Their effects do not operate independently: hormonal signals can alter cellular activity, while chromosome-linked differences may affect how tissues respond. Considering both mechanisms helps explain why biological traits or treatment responses can vary across individuals and populations.
Biological outcomes may reflect socially patterned exposures as well as sex-related physiology. Differences in behavior, environment, or access to conditions that affect health can interact with gene regulation, immune responses, metabolism, or development. Including these factors prevents researchers from attributing every observed difference to chromosomes or hormones alone and supports more accurate interpretation.
Researchers should identify whether a study concerns sex-related physiology, gendered experiences and exposures, or an interaction between them. Treating these categories as interchangeable can obscure the mechanism behind an observed pattern. Separating them improves experimental precision, clarifies how outcomes arise, and helps investigators interpret variation without reducing complex biology to a single classification.
Relevant processes include development, metabolism, immune signaling, disease susceptibility, and responses to treatment. These outcomes may be shaped by interacting influences such as sex chromosomes, gonadal hormones, gene regulation, and socially patterned conditions. Examining several processes rather than one endpoint can reveal whether a difference reflects a broad biological pattern or a context-specific response.
Study designs should include representative populations and record the sex- and gender-related factors relevant to the research question. Investigators can then examine variation within populations and compare outcomes in a way that preserves biological and social context. This approach makes findings easier to interpret and reduces the risk that one group’s response is treated as universal.
They are relevant whenever disease susceptibility, diagnostic patterns, treatment responses, or health outcomes differ across biological or socially defined groups. Incorporating these differences can guide sex- and gender-informed diagnosis, drug development, and public health strategies. The goal is not simply to separate groups, but to identify the mechanisms and exposures that produce meaningful variation in outcomes.