Sex-Specific Effects of Plastic Caging in Murine Viral Myocarditis.
Katelyn A BrunoLogan P MacombA Carolina Morales-LaraJessica E MathewsJ Augusto FrisanchoAlex L YangDamian N Di FlorioBrandy H EdenfieldEmily R WhelanGary R SalomonAnneliese R HillChathuranga C Hewa-RahinduwageAshley J ScottHenry D GreynerFrank A MolinaMerci S GreenawayGeorge M CooperDeLisa FairweatherPublished in: International journal of molecular sciences (2021)
These findings show that housing mice in traditional plastic caging increases viral myocarditis in males and females, but using sex-specific immune mechanisms.