Nature Journal and conducted by Women's Health Research at Yale University has found that men are more likely to suffer from severe illness and die of covid-19 than women.In this study, the researchers found that female patients mounted significantly more robust T-cell activation than male patients during SARS-CoV-2 infection, which was sustained in old age.T-cells, also known as T-lymphocytes, are one of the major components of the adaptive immune system of human body.
T-cells directly kill infected host cells, activating other immune cells.“Importantly, we found that a poor T-cell response negatively correlated with patients’ age and was associated with worse disease outcome in male patients, but not in female patients," the study.