Published May 27, 2024 | Version v1
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Sex‐specific impact of psychosocial stress on hematopoiesis and blood leukocytes

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Abstract Stress exposure has been shown to modulate innate and adaptive immune responses. Indeed, stress favors myelopoiesis and monocyte generation and contributes to cardiovascular disease development. As sex hormones regulate innate and adaptive immune responses, we decided to investigate whether stress exposure leads to a different immune response in female and male mice. Our data demonstrated that psychosocial stressinduced neutrophilia in male, but not female mice. Importantly, we identified that B‐cell numbers were reduced in female, but not male mice upon exposure to stress. Thus, our study revealed that the stress‐induced immune alterations are sex‐dependent, and this is an important feature to consider for future investigations.

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https://inserm.hal.science/inserm-04750207
URN
urn:oai:HAL:inserm-04750207v1

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UNICA