title: Sex hormones and autoimmune disease.
abstract: Evidence for the influence of sex hormones--androgens, oestrogens and progestogens--on autoimmune disease is reviewed. Androgens and, perhaps, progestogens may protect from autoimmune disease; oestrogens seem to protect from rheumatoid arthritis but to be deleterious in systemic lupus erythematosus.
authors.affiliation: Organon SDG, Oss, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Schuurs
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Verheul
mesh_terms: D000728:Androgens / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004967:Estrogens / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D011372:Progestins / Q000276:immunology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens; D004967:Estrogens; D011372:Progestins