Interleukin-10-producing monocytes contribute to sex differences in pain resolution in mice and humans.
J. Sim, E. O'Guin, K. Monahan, C. Sugimoto, S. McLean, L. Albertorio-Saez, Y. Zhao, A. Dagenais, S. Laumet, M. Bernard, J. K. Folger, A. J. Robison, S. D. Linnstaedt, G. Laumet
The paper shows that male mice and humans have higher IL-10-producing monocytes, which correlate with faster pain resolution, and that androgens drive this sex difference.
bioRxiv · Nov 3, 2023Immunology