Male and female mice achieve equivalent protection against heterologous SARS-CoV-2 infection through divergent immune mechanisms
Devin Kenney, 真央 松尾, Andrea Pantelias, Joseph Leger, Ava Kaplan, Faith Cerbo, D. W. Chen, Scott Adams, Giulia Unali, Douglas Wallace, Mohsan Saeed, Anna C. Belkina, Christelle Harly, Florian Douam
The paper shows that male and female mice achieve similar protection against a different SARS-CoV-2 strain through distinct immune mechanisms, with sex-specific roles for T-cells and inflammation.
bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2026 · PreprintImmunology