What is it about?
Prolactin is not only a hormone related with milk production in mammals it is an immunomodulator involved in the susceptibility to autoimmune and parasitic diseases it influences the severity and mortality to several parasites.
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Why is it important?
Most diseases are dimorphic female and male exhibit different susceptibility and mortality, the main physiological differences between sexes are dictated by hormones and prolactin could at least in part explain the dimorphic immune responses to infectious diseases
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This page is a summary of: The Influence of Prolactin on the Immune Response to Parasitic Diseases, Advances in Neuroimmune Biology, August 2018, IOS Press,
DOI: 10.3233/nib-170131.
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