Platelets expressed all 10 TLR transcripts, and all TLRs were coexpressed. Women had higher platelet TLR expression, which associated with different cardiovascular risk factors, compared with men. In women, TLR1, TLR3, TLR6, and TLR7 were associated with body mass index and TLR5, TLR7, and ...
Mosaicism, caused by X chromosome inactivation, is one mechanism by which females can have an immune advantage over males, but there are also other features associated with the X chromosome that can modulate differences between female and male immune responses and even lead to immunological difference...