Do you have T cells? They could make you more immunized against coronavirus
The researchers say that all this has to do with immunity.
A few weeks only after the first cases of coronavirus were identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, it became clear that the virus was more devastating for some parts of the population than others. The most at risk demographic data has been quickly identified. Among the most initially obvious: older adults, those with pre-existing conditions and men. Since then, the researchers have been scrambled to understand why these people are more subject to a serious coronavirus infection and in extreme cases, death. According to a new study, they can have an answer - with regard to sex at least. Read it, and stay safe and stay safe during this pandemic, do not miss this essential list ofWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.
Women produce a stronger immune response than men
The results, published in the medical newspaperNatureAffirming that the reason older men are twice as likely to become seriously ill and die than those of the same age have to do with an immune response - women produce a much stronger immune response than men. Therefore, he suggests that men, mainly those over 60, have to rely on more heavily vaccines.
Akiko Iwasaki, immunologist at the University of Yale and author of the author of the study, explained to theNew York TimesThis "natural infection clearly fails" to sparkle adequate immune responses for men.
Dr. Iwasaki and his team examined immune responses in 17 men and 22 women admitted to the hospital shortly after being infected with COVID-19 who were not on fans or medicines affecting immunity. They gathered several samples-stud stunts nasopharyngeal stamps, saliva, urine and stool, every three to seven days.
They also analyzed data from 59 men and women who have not responded to these criteria.
What they found is that women produce more The T - responsible cells to kill it from the cells infecting the virus and to stop the propagation of the virus. Men on the other hand, had a much lower activation of the cells, which is correlated with the way they were sick. And, the lower the age of man, the answer of lower T cells than they had.
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When men get older, they produce fewer T cells
"When they get older, they lose their ability to stimulate T cells," said Iwasaki. "If you look at those who have really failed to make T cells, they were those who aggravated with the disease."
Women, on the other hand, even those aged 90, "still remain a good decent immune response", according to Dr. Iwasaki. As for oneself, man or woman: cross this pandemic at your healthier, do not miss these 37 places you are most likely to catch coronavirus.
