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[Sex steroids and the immune system]
1Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.
Abstract:
Endocrine and immune system are strongly correlated. Hormonal contraceptive drugs influence humoral, cellular and mucosal immunity in different kind and in dependency of the relationships between estrogens and gestagens. At present most authors support the opinion that estrogens are responsible for immunosuppressive features. This review summarizes experimental and clinical reports.