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SUBMITTER: Qiao Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5000296 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Qiao Qin Q Le Manach Séverine S Sotton Benoit B Huet Hélène H Duvernois-Berthet Evelyne E Paris Alain A Duval Charlotte C Ponger Loïc L Marie Arul A Blond Alain A Mathéron Lucrèce L Vinh Joelle J Bolbach Gérard G Djediat Chakib C Bernard Cécile C Edery Marc M Marie Benjamin B
Scientific reports 20160826
Sexual dimorphism describes the features that discriminate between the two sexes at various biological levels. Especially, during the reproductive phase, the liver is one of the most sexually dimorphic organs, because of different metabolic demands between the two sexes. The liver is a key organ that plays fundamental roles in various physiological processes, including digestion, energetic metabolism, xenobiotic detoxification, biosynthesis of serum proteins, and also in endocrine or immune resp ...[more]