Of mice and men and women: Sexual dimorphism of the gut microbiome

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The gut microbiome plays a critical role in developing and educating our immune system. Therefore, its now well-established role in autoimmunity and immune disorders is in some ways not surprising. However, it is well-documented in the literature that there is a female predisposition to autoimmune disorders, while sexual dimorphisms in the human microbiome have been confined largely to areas outside of the gut....

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