Why Lupus Affects More Women Than Men: Recent Study Finds Fault In The Female Chromosome

Their findings also explain why certain men are more susceptible to SLE.

Stephanie Jyet Quan Loo
The Microscope
Published in
7 min readApr 29, 2024

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Women are more susceptible to autoimmune diseases. Systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE for short, is one of the most female sex-biased autoimmune diseases — it affects women up to 15 times more…

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