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Significant, gender-associated differences are known to occur in the structural profile, functional capacity, secretory activity and disease susceptibility (e.g. Sjögren’s syndrome) of the lacrimal gland.1 These differences include variations between males and females in the appearance, size, density, vesicular content and turnover of acinar epithelial cells, the quantity of intranuclear inclusions, the prominence of nucleoli, the frequency of intercellular channels, the number of capillary endothelial pores, the population density of lymphocytes, the expression of secretory immunity, the response to neural stimulation, the production, amount, activity and/or affinity of various proteins, enzymes and receptors, the secretion of specific proteins, and the susceptibility to viral replication, focal adenitis and autoimmune disease.1
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Richards, S.M., Liu, M., Sullivan, B.D., Sullivan, D.A. (2002). Gender-Related Differences in Gene Expression of the Lacrimal Gland. In: Sullivan, D.A., Stern, M.E., Tsubota, K., Dartt, D.A., Sullivan, R.M., Bromberg, B.B. (eds) Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film, and Dry Eye Syndromes 3. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 506. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_16
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