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Women have about a 2.7 times greater lifetime risk of developing at least one autoimmune disease than men. Which of the following statements, if true, would support the higher rate of systemic lupus erythematosus in women than in men?
(A) Androgens such as testosterone have an inhibitory role in the process of clearing immune complexes
(B) Both estrogens and androgens have the same potency in inhibiting the clearing of immune complexes
(C) Estrogen has an inhibitory role in the process of antibody production of B cells
(D) Estrogen has an inhibitory role in the process of clearing immune complexes
(E) Estrogen has a stimulatory role in the process of clearing immune complexes
Women have about a 2.7 times greater lifetime risk of developing at least one autoimmune disease than men. Which of the following statements, if true, would support the higher rate of systemic lupus erythematosus in women than in men?
(A) Androgens such as testosterone have an inhibitory role in the process of clearing immune complexes
(B) Both estrogens and androgens have the same potency in inhibiting the clearing of immune complexes
(C) Estrogen has an inhibitory role in the process of antibody production of B cells
(D) Estrogen has an inhibitory role in the process of clearing immune complexes
(E) Estrogen has a stimulatory role in the process of clearing immune complexes
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