Literature Review: Sexually Dimorphic Pancreas and testosterone

1 year ago
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TL;DR Testosterone improves pancreatic function in males but causes so much overproduction of insulin in females that it causes beta cell injury, predisposing to type 2 diabetes and, of course, pancreatitis (oxidative injury causes inflammation). In general, chronically inflamed tissue can teach the immune system how to have an autoimmune disorder.

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